Christopher P. Heuer
Christopher P. Heuer is acting Director of the Research and Academic Program at the Clark Art Institute and faculty at Williams College.
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Arctic Matters in Early America
Christopher P. Heuer
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On May 30, 1578, the English privateer Martin Frobisher (1539?–1594) launched the last of three ill-fated voyages toward a northwest passage to Asia. His sixteen ships left Harwich one month later than planned, headed for eastern Greenland. Passage or no, Frobisher had a supplementary motive: he meant to mine and...
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Christopher P. Heuer
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2016, Terra Foundation for American Art
Related print edition pages: pp.180-214
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00194.006
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19951
Chapter subject tags:Polar regions--Discovery and explorationIcebergs in artCoastal mappingEarthworks (Art)