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Sir Martin Frobisher 
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4 bushels. The ration was I lb. per man per diem, and 
a gallon of beer 1 . 
The Emanuel, busse, of Bridgewater, of which Newton 
was captain, reported that on his voyage home in 57 0 30' 
he sailed for three days along a high and well-wooded 
coast. The master, James Leach, and T. Wiars, a pas- 
senger, corroborated the statement. The island, known 
as the "Land of Busse' ' was shown by Plancius and 
on the Molyneux globe. Hall expected to see it in 1605, 
and subsequently said that he did see it in 1606. Seller 
placed it with defined shape, and names of points, har- 
bours, and mountains. Several captains in the 17th 
century reported that they had seen it. Fifty years 
after the last time it was alleged to have been sighted in 
1671, it was reported to have been submerged, and it then 
became the "sunken land of Busse." Lieut. Pickerskill, 
in the Lion in 1776, sought for it, and struck a bank 
in 57 0 N. with 330 fathoms. Sir John Ross found no 
bottom in 180 fathoms. There never was any such 
island.. If the people on board the busse ever saw 
anything, it was a part of the south coast of Greenland. 
They can have taken no observations, and were trusting 
to badly-kept dead reckoning 2 . 
Sir Martin Frobisher was one of our great Arctic 
heroes. He was imbued with enthusiasm for discovery 
in the interests of his country. Of dauntless courage, 
great capacity for work, and the gift of endearing men to 
him by his noble qualities, he was also quick tempered, 
but as quickly appeased. His Arctic training and ex- 
perience were helpful in his after career of great services 
to the country in the West Indies, in the Channel, and 
in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, when he was 
knighted. In 1594 Frobisher was called away from his 
1 The authorities for the Arctic voyages of Frobisher are first the 
interesting narrative of George Best (Hakluyt, in) and the narrative of 
Dionise Settle (Hakluyt, in) ; Christopher Hall's account in the Harl. 
MSS. 167, fol. 165; the Journal of the Judith, Harl. MSS. 167, fol 41; 
Edward Sellman, Narrative of Thomas Ellis (Hakluyt, in) ; State Papers 
(Dom., Eliz.). Admiral Sir Richard Collinson edited the Voyages of 
Frobisher for the Hakluyt Society. There is a well written and pains- 
taking life of Sir Martin Frobisher by the Rev. Frank Jones (Longman, 
1878). 
2 Mr Miller Christy very thoroughly investigated the question of the 
Land of Busse, and wrote an exhaustive monograph on the subject. See 
Hakluyt Society's No. xcvi, Appendix B. 
