On This Day In History on Nostr: Today in 1576, 448 years ago: While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt ...
Today in 1576, 448 years ago: While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
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