7th June Northwest Passage English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 2 ships to search for the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
7th May Northwest Passage English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 3 ships in a 2nd attempt to find the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Oct Northwest Passage When Davis returns he learns that one ship, the North Star, had been lost with all hands in a gale near the coast of Ireland
