William Baffin
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English navigator, explorer and cartographer
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William Baffin (c. – 23 January 1622) was an English navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is primarily known for his attempt to find a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, during the course of which he was the first European to discover Baffin Bay situated between Canada and Greenland. He was also responsible for exceptional surveys of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf on behalf of the East India Company.
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| Born | London, England |
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1622 (aged ) Qeshm, Ormus
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