Jens Munk was a Danish-Norwegian navigator and explorer.
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15 Facts About Jens Munk
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Jens Munk entered into the service of King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway and is most noted for his attempts to find the Northwest Passage.
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Jens Munk was born on his father's estate Barbu at Arendal in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway.
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In 1591, at the age of twelve, Jens Munk went to Oporto in Portugal where he worked for the shipping magnate Duart Duez.
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Jens Munk lived in Bahia for six years, where he was in the service of Duart Duez' brother, Miguel.
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In 1599, under dramatic circumstances, Jens Munk returned to Europe and Copenhagen, where the Danish magnate and Lord Chancellor Henrik Ramel hired him as a ship clerk.
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In 1618, Christian IV appointed him as commander of the first Danish expedition to East India with five vessels and almost 1,000 men, but only one month before the departure of the expedition, Jens Munk was relegated and replaced by the much younger nobleman Ove Gjedde.
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Jens Munk's setback was compounded by the deaths of his brother Niels and good friend Jørgen Da.
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Jens Munk's mission was to discover the Northwest Passage to the East Indies and China.
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Jens Munk penetrated Davis Strait as far north as 69°, found Frobisher Bay, and then spent almost a month fighting his way through Hudson Strait.
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Jens Munk had planned on a new Northwest journey to take possession of Nova Dania for the Danish crown, but his health was too weak to go on with it.
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Jens Munk was buried at St Nikolai Lutheran Church, Copenhagen, now Nikolaj cultural centre.
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Jens Munk Island, located off the coast of Baffin Island, is named after him as is Munk Harbour at the mouth of Churchill River in Hudson Bay.
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The Jens Munk rose was developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and was named in his honour.
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