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Baffin
(baf′in)
Baffin,
William 1584-1622; Eng. navigator & explorer
region in the territory of Nunavut, Canada, in the N & E part
See Baffin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A district and administrative region of eastern Nunavut, Canada, including Baffin Island, the Queen Elizabeth and Parry islands, and Melville Peninsula.
, William 1584?-1622.
English explorer who led several expeditions (1612-1616) in search of the Northwest Passage.
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