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Key facts
- Born
- Unknown date, c. 1550 , Sandridge, Stoke Gabriel , England
- Died
- 29 December 1605 (1605-12-29) (aged 54–55), off Bintan Island , East Indies
- Occupations
- Explorer navigator
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Sandridge
- Place of death
- Bintan Island
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- 1624 portrait of John Davis (1550-1605).png
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- date of death
- 1605-12-27
- date of birth
- 1550-10-01
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- John Davis (English explorer)
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- John Davis
- different from
- John Davis
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Encyclopedic overview
John Davis (c. 1550 – 29 December 1605) was an explorer, navigator and privateer. He led several voyages in search of the Northwest Passage and served as pilot and captain on both Dutch and English voyages to the East Indies. He discovered the Falkland Islands in August 1592.
Early life
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