ABSTRACT
Navigator, probably born in London, pilot on several expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. He seems to have been the first person to determine a degree of longitude at sea by lunar observation. Baffin Island is named after him.
Navigator, probably born in London, pilot on several expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. He seems to have been the first person to determine a degree of longitude at sea by lunar observation. Baffin Island is named after him.