Leonard Edgcombe

Leonard Edgcombe

Leonard Edgcombe (died 1696) was a ship's captain with the Hudson's Bay Company and made a number of voyages into Hudson Bay and James Bay on behalf of the company. He had Henry Baley as a chief mate for a time prior to 1692 and this mariner became an important link with the area for the HBC.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=205 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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  • Henry Baley — (died 20 December 1701) was a ship s captain for the Hudson s Bay Company and became a governor of that company.Historical knowledge of Baley shows that he was chief mate under Captain Leonard Edgcombe and had his own ship, the Prosperous , by… …   Wikipedia

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