James Hall (explorer)
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James Hall (d. 1612) was an
Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland under John Cunningham (1605), Godske Lindenov (1606), and Carsten Richardson (1607). In his first voyage he charted the west coast of Greenland as far north as 68° 35' N. The discovery of silver
resulted in larger expeditions being sent the following two years, both of which were expensive failures.
In 1612 Hall again went to Greenland, this time in search of the
Amerdloq Fjord
. Angry over the seizure of several Inuit by Cunningham in 1605, one of them struck Hall with a spear; he died the following day.
References
- ^ Also spelled Harts-ease in Baffin's account.
- Markham, C. R. (1881). The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622. London: the Hakluyt Society.
- Mills, William J. (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: a historical encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-Clio.
- Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1890). . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 67.
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