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Led 3 explorations searching for the Northway Passage


John Davis

Present-day Newfoundland


Leif Ericson

His crew and he we're set draft in the Antarctic

Henry Hudson

He is known as the father of France

Samuel de Champlain

The first European discovered America

Christopher Columbus

Let three explorations to the Northway Passage

Martin frobisher

Explora 1840 searchings in Northway Passage

Sir John Franklin