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What did Martin Frobisher discover during his 1576 voyage?

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Map of the Arctic region highlighting the Northwest Passage, a maritime route shown with a red line connecting the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland to the Pacific Ocean via the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, passing north of Canada and Alaska through the Bering Sea. Major islands and surrounding countries such as Russia, Norway, Denmark (Greenland), the United States (Alaska), and Canada are labeled.
Northwest Passage

During his 1576 voyage, Sir Martin Frobisher reached the coast of Labrador and Baffin Island while searching for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. During this expedition, he discovered the inlet now known as Frobisher Bay, which he mistakenly believed to be a strait.12