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Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 or 1539 - 15 Nov 1594)

Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Frobisher Traveller
Relevant locations: Newfoundland, Canada
Relationships: Calichough (-1577) was a unspecified Martin Frobisher
Ginoct (-1577) was a unspecified Martin Frobisher
Nutioc (-1577) was a unspecified Martin Frobisher
Linked Objects: Donator of object(s) - Narwhal tusk
References in Documents:
Thomas Platter's travel diary (1599)

After leaving this extensive and pleasant garden, and presenting our gratuity to the gardener, the governor of the royal palace, one of the nobility, to whom we had previously sent in our letter of introduction, received us, and after he had returned our letter he presented us to his wife and daughters, who were to take us over all the inner royal apartments and cabinets, and show us all the treasures then in the place, and whatever the woman and daughters pointed out was all told us in French by an interpreter who was with us. The first room they showed us into contained the lively and lifelike portrait of the wild man and woman captured by Martin Frobisher, the English captain, on his voyage to the new world, and brought back to England alive. The man’s face was much waled, and both looked like savages, wore skins, and the woman carried a child in Indian dress in a linen cloth upon her shoulder. Above the woman were the words: "Ginoct Nutioc."