Martin Frobisher's northwest venture, 1576-1581
Subtitle: mines, minerals & metallurgy
By: by D.D. Hogarth, P.W. Boreham and J.G. Mitchell.
Contributors: Boreham, P. W. 1955-; Mitchell, J. G. 1943-; Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Series: Mercury series; Directorate paper / Canadian Museum of Civilization -- no. 7; Directorate paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) -- no. 7
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [Hull, Que.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Gold ores -- Northwest Territories -- Baffin Island -- History; Ore deposits -- Northwest Territories -- Baffin Island -- History; Metallurgy -- Northwest Territories -- Baffin Island -- History; Mineralogy -- Northwest Territories -- Baffin Island -- History; Baffin Island (N.W.T.) -- Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Mines, minerals, metallurgy.
Description: Martin Frobisher led three voyages to the Canadian Arctic between 1576 and 1578. He initially sought the Northwest Passage to Cathay, but his voyages became Canada's first "gold rush" when gold was reported after his first trip.

Sadly, the Arctic ore proved worthless, and the Cathay Company that financed the exploration was ruined. Mysteries, however, remain. Was the ore truly worthless? If so, why was it so easy to finance the expeditions? Was fraud involved? And why did some of the ore mysteriously disappear off the coast of Ireland? This book takes the reader from Frobisher Bay to Ireland and England in a quest for answers.
Notes: Includes abstract in French.

Includes bibliographical references p. 155-169.