Meta Ingognita: Canadian Museum of Civilization Announces Project to Investigate Frobisher’s Voyages to Canadian Arctic

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.