• William Baffin (c. 1584 – 23 January 1622) was an English navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is primarily known for his attempt to find a Northwest...
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    Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Greenlandic: Avannaata Imaa; French: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland...
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    Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas...
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    Rosa 'William Baffin' is a deep pink Hybrid Kordesii rose cultivar, bred by Canadian rose breeder, Felicitas Svejda in 1974. It was introduced in Canada...
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  • the larger Laguna Madre Baffin Island Current, an ocean current running south down the western side of Baffin Bay William Baffin, a 17th-century English...
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    Hudson Strait (category Bodies of water of Baffin Island)
    and the Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in...
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    Devon Island (category Islands of Baffin Bay)
    interest from scientists. Robert Bylot and William Baffin were the first Europeans to sight Devon Island in 1616. William Edward Parry charted its south coast...
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    1999, p. 62. Baffin 1881, The voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, p.xxvi e.g. Baffin 1881. William Baffin's expedition is recorded as having Basque crew...
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    by William Baffin reaches the Foxe Basin in search of the Northwest Passage 1616: English expedition captained by Robert Bylot and piloted by William Baffin...
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    Northwest Passage followed in the 17th century, including Henry Hudson, William Baffin and Robert Bylot. Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands featured in the history...
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