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Davis, John

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of British History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Davis, John (c.1550–1605). One of the English navigators who sought the North‐West Passage, Davis obtained backing from Walsingham for three expeditions in 1585–7. Following Frobisher's example, he sailed south and west of Greenland, but then penetrated much further north to about 73° in the strait that bears his name. Later in his life, Davis sailed to the Magellan Straits, fought the Spanish Armada, and died in a skirmish in the East Indies.

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