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The explorer by the name of William Biffin was born at London England in 1584 There is little information on him and his life like many of the earlier navigators until after his exploration He is wrote about as a very talented man but also one who was self taught due to not many schools or many methods of education during this time The first written record of Biffin was in 1612 this is when Biffin was a chief pilot with James Hall on a ship by the name of Patience This being the beginning of his long career of sailing and exploring He continued navigating and exploring growing in his passion and getting better and more well known He continued doing what he loved until he died in the Persian Gulf soon after being shot in 1622 on January 23 Baffin is certainly the most proficient navigator and observer of all the arctic explorers of his period Ernest S Dodge William Biffin was thought of to be one of the great explorers He helped sail and navigate across many different lands searching for the Northwest passage and eventually finding it And also ended up finding the Biffin island which is now a piece of Nunavut Canada Biffin figured out the longitude at sea by looking at the stars and determining where he was He would use this information to help him and his crew not get lost at sea and also know where they have been and locate different places As can be seen today throughout his life he had much success in what he loved
