Short answers, pulled from the story.
Martin Frobisher was probably born in 1535 or 1536 to merchant Bernard Frobisher and Margaret York. His father died prematurely in 1542 leaving the family to be cared for by his uncle Francis Frobisher.
Thomas Wyndham led England's first expedition to West Africa with three ships and 140 men including Martin Frobisher. The group plundered Portuguese ships near Madeira and traded English cloth for 150 pounds of gold on the Gold Coast before disease killed many including leader Wyndham.
Frobisher volunteered as a hostage during negotiations near Cestos River in present-day Liberia and was handed over to Portuguese traders at Mina. He remained imprisoned in São Jorge da Mina castle for nine months before making his way back to England around 1558.
Martin Frobisher petitioned the Privy Council in 1574 requesting permission and financial support to find a north-west passage to the Southern Sea or Pacific Ocean then thence to Cathay. He persuaded the Muscovy Company to license his expedition in 1576 with help from director Michael Lok raising capital for three barques.
On the 21st of July 1588 Martin Frobisher commanded Triumph which was the Royal Navy's largest ship leading consort ships against the Spanish defensive formation. He engaged Pedro Valdez commander Andalusian squadron yielding ship Nuestra Señora del Rosario until Drake came assistance next morning.
Frobisher received a gunshot wound to the thigh during the Siege Fort Crozon in September 1594 resulting in death days later at Plymouth on the 22nd of November 1594. His body was buried in St Andrew's Church Plymouth before being taken to London to be buried in St Giles-without-Cripplegate Fore Street.