The Northwest Passage was the goal of Arctic explorers from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Efforts to discover a trade route through or around North America began in the 1490s with the voyages of ...

The four-century search for a northwest ... Sebastian Cabot initiated its search in 1553. Henry Hudson twice attempted a passage but it was not until 1879 that the route was navigated.

The dream of finding an all water route across North America, the mythical Northwest Passage, had been imagined since the ...

(Royal Museums Greenwich) The search for a Northwest Passage fundamentally shaped the history of Newfoundland, where John Cabot landed in 1497 while seeking a northwestern sea route to Asia.

we tend to talk about the fabled Northwest Passage as if it’s a single route through the Canadian Arctic. It’s actually at least seven main routes through a complex array of islands ...

Venetian Explorer John Cabot, in search of a short trade route ... Gjoa through the ice-choked waterway in 1906 that the Northwest Passage was finally discovered. Since then, only six vessels ...

The first cruise through the Northwest Passage took place more than 30 years ... they only sail partial transits of the route. Full transits by tourist-carrying ships remain relatively rare.

The Northwest Passage has drawn the interest ... fruitless stabs at finding a shorter trade route from Europe to the Far East, including John Cabot, Captain James Cook, George Vancouver and ...