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Robert Bylot

English explorer

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Baffin Bay

In Baffin Bay
…to explore the bay was Robert Bylot, an English sea captain, in May 1616, but his name was not given to the entity, the honor going instead to his lieutenant, William Baffin. Even the latter’s discoveries came to be doubted until the later explorations of Captain (later Sir) John Ross,…
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Queen Elizabeth Islands

In Queen Elizabeth Islands
…English navigators William Baffin and Robert Bylot but were probably first visited by the Vikings about 1000 ce. The westernmost areas (including Prince Patrick Island and parts of Melville, Borden, and Mackenzie King islands) are administratively a part of the Northwest Territories, but the greater portion of the region is…
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