Frobisher Sir Martin 1535?-1594 Navigator Made Three Voyages To
America in search of the North-West Passage, 1576, 1577, and 1578.
Vice-admiral in Drake's expedition to West Indies, 1586; led one of the
squadrons against the Spanish Armada; took part in Hawkins's expedition,
1590. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.