KNIGHT, JOHN [SSNE 1357]
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John Knight was a mariner who commanded the ship Katten on the Danish expedition to Greenland in 1605 under the command of the Scottish admiral, John Cunningham [SSNE 1497]. Alexander Leyell [SSNE 1137] served on that voyage as Knight's. Another important Englishman with them on the expedition was the experienced explorer James Hull [SSNE 1316] who served aboard Cunningham's own ship Trøsten.
Source: Dictionary of National Biography; Dictionary of Canadian Biography, I, p.243.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK, GREENLAND
- Arrived 1605-01-01
- Departed 1605-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity NAVAL COMMANDER, purpose ROYAL SERVANT, NAVY