James Beare (
fl. 1577–85) was an English mariner who was part of the
Frobisher voyages of 1577–78.
Beare was master of the ''Michaell'' on the second voyage and master of the ''Anne Francis'' in 1578.
Frobisher named
Beare Sound after him as he was the principal surveyor of the 1577/78 expeditions. He is considered to have produced the first moderately accurate maps of the eastern passages to the
Canadian Arctic.
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English explorers of North America
Explorers of Canada
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