• Jonas Poole (bap. 1566 – 1612) was an early 17th-century English explorer and sealer, and was significant in the history of whaling. He served aboard...
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    journal. There is also no cartographical proof of this supposed discovery. Jonas Poole in 1611 and Robert Fotherby in 1615 both had possession of Hudson's journal...
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    Scotland, England and Ireland was given two polar bear cubs by the sailor Jonas Poole, who got them during a trip to Svalbard. At the end of the 17th century...
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  • songwriter Jonas Poole (c.1566–1612), English explorer, sealer, and whaler Jordan Poole (born 1999), American basketball player Karen Poole (born 1971)...
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  • the only people who understand whaling", lamented the English explorer Jonas Poole. Having learned the trade themselves, other nations adopted their techniques...
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    strait of Forlandsundet. The headland is named after British whaler Jonas Poole. It has a length of about 1.5 kilometers. Poolepynten lies within the...
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    their measurements. Kongsfjorden was originally named Deer Sound by Jonas Poole (1610), and was known as such by the English whalers until at least 1658...
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    unsuccessful attempt by Henry Hudson at finding the Northeast Passage 1610: Jonas Poole thoroughly explores Spitsbergen's west coast, reporting that he saw a...
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    Norske.: 12  The coal deposits at Kongsfjorden were first discovered by Jonas Poole during a whaling expedition in the area in 1610. They did not receive...
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    Mitrahalvøya east to Kapp Guissez. The English explorer (and later whaler) Jonas Poole entered Krossfjorden in 1610, naming it Close Cove. The Englishman John...
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