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Departure and Exploration of Baffin Bay
- When
- 26 March 1616
- Where
- Baffin Bay
Baffin and Bylot departed Gravesend on 26 March 1616, exploring Baffin Bay and naming its sounds.
Leaving Gravesend on 26 March, the Discovery passed west of Greenland up the Davis Strait. Baffin discovered the large bay to the north and named the radiating sounds Lancaster, Smith, and Jones after members of the North-West Passage Company.
Sources
- William Baffin Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-10
- Baffin Bay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26
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