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Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 or 1539 – 15 November 1594〔http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/sir_martin_frobisher.htm〕) was an English seaman and privateer (licensed pirate) who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage. All landed in northeastern Canada, around today's Resolution Island and Frobisher Bay. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 tons of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.2 per ton. Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. He carted 1,350 tons of the ore back where, after years of smelting, it was realised that both that batch of ore and the earlier one he had taken were worthless iron pyrite. As an English privateer/pirate, he collected riches from French ships. He was later knighted for his service in repelling the Spanish Armada in 1588. ==Early life== Frobisher was born c. 1535, the son of merchant Bernard Frobisher of Altofts, Yorkshire. He was raised in London by a relative, Sir John York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Martin Frobisher,biography )〕 However, some records question the parentage of Frobisher being Bernard, suggesting instead that his father was actually Gregory Frobisher, Esq., also of Altofts, Yorkshire, by his wife, Ann.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nidderdale, from Nun Monkton to Whernside )〕 He first went to sea as a cabin boy in 1544. In 1554 he was captured by the Portuguese and spent some time in captivity, after which he set up in business as a merchant in Morocco. He later became a pirate, operating from a port in southern Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Martin Frobisher )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Frobisher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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