Editing Martin Frobisher (section)

{{Short description|English seaman and privateer (1535–1594)}}
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{{Infobox person          
| name               = Sir Martin Frobisher
| image              = Martin Frobisher by Cornelis Ketel (1577).png
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| caption            = Sir Martin Frobisher by [[Cornelis Ketel]], 1577
| birth_date         = {{c.|1535}} or 1539
| birth_place        = [[Altofts]], [[Yorkshire]], England
| death_date         = {{death date|df=yes|1594|11|22}} (aged 55–59)
| death_place        = [[Plymouth]], England
| education          =
| occupation         = [[Sailor|Seaman]]
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Isobel Richard|1559|1588}}
* {{marriage|Dorothy Wentworth|1590}}}}
| parents            = Bernard Frobisher and Margaret York
| children           =
| nationality        = English
| signature          = Signature of Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 – 1594).png
}}

'''Sir Martin Frobisher''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|oʊ|b|ɪ|ʃ|ər}}; {{c.|1535/1539}} – 22 November 1594{{sfnp|McDermott|2001a|pp=7, 478}}) was an English [[sailor]] and [[privateer]] who made three voyages to the [[New World]] looking for the [[North-west Passage]].<!-- In British English, directions such as "North-west" are hyphenated. --> He probably sighted [[Resolution Island (Nunavut)|Resolution Island]] near [[Labrador]] in north-eastern Canada, before entering [[Frobisher Bay]] and landing on present-day [[Baffin Island]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |first1=James H. |last1=Marsh |first2= Daniel |last2=Panneton |date=18 December 2015 |title=Sir Martin Frobisher |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-martin-frobisher}}</ref>

On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried {{convert|200|ST}} of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.20 per ton (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|5.20|1577|r=-2|fmt=c}} per ton in {{Inflation/year|UK}}).{{inflation/fn|UK}} Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. He carried 1,350 tons of the ore back to England, where, after years of smelting, it was realized that the ore was a worthless rock containing the mineral [[hornblende]]. As an English [[privateer]], he plundered riches from French ships. He was later knighted for his service in repelling the [[Spanish Armada]] in 1588.