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The Shooting Times Almanac 31 MAY – 7 JUNE 2023

THOUGHTS FROM THE FIELD

n 31 May 1578, the hunter, adventurer and pirate Martin Frobisher set sail from Harwich and headed to Canada in search of the North-West Passage. This was Frobisher’s third such journey, having on previous trips discovered what he thought to be gold. He was commissioned by the Crown to bring back more,

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