Which English explorer died off the coast of Canada in 1611 after being cast adrift by his mutinous crew?
Nicolas de Vignau When Tessouat explained the danger posed by the Sorcerers and violent tribes further north, Champlain explained that Vignau had already gone through their land. Tessouat knew this to be false and denounced Vignau as a liar and braggart. Under pressure Vignau confessed. Though Nicolas de Vignau did not discover the Northwest Passage, he may have spoken to some natives that had been as far north as Hudson Bay. The tale of the wrecked British ship may have some basis in fact. Henry Hudson had sailed into Hudson Bay in 1611 and his ship was set adrift by his mutinous crew
Henry Palmer (Royal Navy officer, died 1611) Henry Palmer (Royal Navy officer, died 1611) Sir Henry Palmer (c. 1550 – 1611) was an English naval commander and Comptroller of the Navy. His family was from Tottington by Aylesford. He is first mentioned as commanding a squadron of the queen's ships on the coast of Flanders in 1576. From that time he was constantly employed in the queen's service. In 1580 and following years he was a commissioner for the repair and maintenance of Dover harbour. In 1587 he had command of a squadron before Dunkirk, and in 1588, in the HMS "Antelope", commanded in the third post