Born around 1539, Martin Frobisher spent his life plundering Spanish and French ships. According to records kept shipmate George Best, Frosbisher thought he had found the fabled Northwest Passage.

(As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) Queen Elizabeth put up one thousand pounds to help finance the voyage and lent Frobisher a 200-ton ship, the Ayde. He departed in the spring of 1576 ...