virtually ignored. Historian Farley Mowat speculated two possible reasons for this: Bylot's lack of education and lower position relative to Baffin in English society, and his involvement in the mutiny during Hudson's expedition. Bylot Island, off the northern end of Baffin Island and one of the more dramatic of the Canadian Arctic islands, was named after him. References Footnotes Bibliography External links 17th-century English people 17th-century explorers Explorers of Canada Explorers of the Arctic People of the Muscovy Company Recipients of English royal pardons