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| Born | 1593 Abergavenny, Wales |
| Died | 1635 (aged 41–42) Bristol, England |
| Occupation(s) | Sailor, navigator, explorer |
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Captain Thomas James (1593 – 1635) was a Welsh sailor, navigator and explorer, who set out to discover the Northwest Passage, the hoped for ocean route around the top of North America to Asia.[1]
- ^ Christy, Miller (ed.), The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-west Passage, in 1631-32, London, Hakluyt Society, 1894.