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James Knight (c. 1640 – c. 1721) was an English director of the Hudson's Bay Company and an explorer who disappeared on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
James Knight was probably born about 1640, since he was said to have been nearly 80 years old when he set out on his last voyage. His birthplace is not known but he was a shipwright or carpenter at Deptford, England, when he first entered the employ of the HBC on 16 May 1676.
Sep 18, 2021 · In 1719, James Knight and his 40 men overwintered in the Arctic and were never seen again. Were they captured by the French? Assimilated by the Inuit?
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- James Knight North-West Passage Expedition 1715–19
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In 1715 James Knight was the first person to go in search of the North-West Passage in over 80 years, but his efforts were to end in tragedy.
Knight was a trader who worked for Hudson’s Bay Company, a trading company that had established posts along the shores of James Bay and Hudson Bay. The company itself had little interest in risky ventures such as finding the North-West Passage and was not keen on encouraging explorers into its waters. Knight had trading relationships with Canadian ...
Despite being in his seventies, Knight, who was born in England, came to London and fitted out two vessels – the Discovery and the Albany. The expedition set out from Gravesend but never returned. We do know that Knight’s two ships got as far as Marble Island, west of Hudson Bay and wintered there, but for some reason they were unable to sail again...
James Knight was a Hudson's Bay Company employee who tried to find the North-West Passage in 1715. His ships were lost and his fate remains unknown, despite some clues and discoveries.
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James Knight is a British-born VFX/Virtual Production Director at AMD, who worked on films and games such as Avatar, The Amazing Spiderman, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. He is also a former board member of BAFTA-LA and a member of VES.
