- Luke Fox
Luke Fox (or Foxe) (
20 October 1586 – c.15 July 1635 ) was an English explorer who searched for theNorthwest Passage acrossNorth America . In 1631, he sailed much of the westernHudson Bay before concluding no such passage was possible.Foxe Basin , Foxe Channel andFoxe Peninsula were named after him. Fox gave names to 27 locations during his voyages, eight of which exist in current usage, includingRoes Welcome Sound , named after his friend and sponsor, SirThomas Roe . [cite web |url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/james-foxe.htm |title=Thomas James and Luke Foxe |accessdate=2008-04-09 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=princeton.edu] [cite web |url=http://www.google.com/search?q=Since+Fox+penetrated+to+the+western+part+of+Hudson+Bay%2C+discovering+the+strait+and+shore+known+as+%22Sir+Thomas+Roe%27s+%281581+%3F-1644%29+Welcome%2C%22+it+seems+likely+...&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Qg4 |title=JSTOR: The History of American Ornithology before Audubon |accessdate=2008-04-09 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=]References
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=227 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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