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FOX, Luke, English navigator, born about 1585 died after 1635. He was a seaman from his youth, and his thoughts were early turned toward the discovery of a northwest passage, which he continued to believe practicable to the end of his life, notwithstanding his ill success. Having procured a vessel from Charles I., furnished with whatever was necessary for the enterprise, he left Deptford, 5 May 1631, arriving at Hudson's bay on 22 June following. During the exploration of this bay he discovered, on 27 July an island, which he named "Sir Thomas gowe's Welcome," and named the cape, which bounded its northern extremity "Wostenholme's Ultima Vale." Proceeding northward, he discovered and named various points situated in the large Island since known as Cumberland island, but, despairing of penetrating the polar sea by Hudson's bay, he determined to return, and arrived in the Downs on 21 October He published an account of his voyage (London, 1635).
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