On This Day: While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest... (1576)
On July 11, 1576: While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland"....
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