Meta Ingognita: Canadian Museum of Civilization Announces Project to Investigate Frobisher’s Voyages to Canadian Arctic
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Publication date
11 February 2020
Publisher
Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada
Abstract
In a July 26, 1991 communique, the Canadian
Museum of Civilization announced a
Canadian-led international project to investigate archaeological sites in the Baffin Island area, once known as Meta Incognita, or the Unknown Shore. Named by
Queen Elizabeth I, one of the expeditions’
sponsors, Meta Incognita was visited three
times between 1576 and 1578 by the
explorer Sir Martin Frobisher
