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John Davis   /dʒɑn dˈeɪvəs/   Listen
John Davis

noun
1.
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).  Synonyms: Davis, Davys, John Davys.






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... enterprise, and therefore it was, on March 25, that Raleigh moved the Queen to renew the charter in his own name. In company with a younger half-brother, Adrian Gilbert, and with the experienced though unlucky navigator John Davis as a third partner, Raleigh was now incorporated as representing 'The College of the Fellowship for the Discovery of the North West Passage.' In this he was following the precedent of Gilbert, who had made use of the Queen's favourite ...
— Raleigh • Edmund Gosse



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