Sir Martin Frobisher


	In 1576, English explorer Sir Martin Frobisher brought a black rock back from what is now arctic Canada. An unscrupulous alchemist in London convinced many that the black rock was rich gold ore, prompting the first English attempt to colonize the New World. The colony failed, because the supposed gold ore was worthless.

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