The American civil war was from <span>April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865</span>
Sir Martin Frobisher, the English explorer, was the first European to explore (1576–78) the eastern approaches of the passage. John Davis also explored (1585–87) this area, and in 1610 Henry Hudson sailed north and visited Hudson Bay while seeking a short route to Asia.
The infectious diseases brought by the Spanish
