Editing 1616 in science (section)

==Exploration==
* [[Robert Bylot]] and [[William Baffin]], searching for the [[Northwest Passage]], make a detailed exploration of [[Baffin Bay]] (March 26–August 30),<ref name="The People's Chronology">{{cite book|chapter=1616|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006}}</ref> discover [[Smith Sound]], [[Lancaster Sound]] and [[Devon Island]], and reach [[latitude]] 77° 45' North, a record for the Farthest North in America which holds for 236 years.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ExploreNorth|title=Robert Bylot|url=http://explorenorth.com/library/bios/bl-bylot.htm|accessdate=2014-01-07}}</ref>