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Articles related to "Samuel Hearne"
Explorers of Canada, Part XXIV: Samuel Hearne Samuel Hearne, first European to reach the Arctic Sea by way of land. canada • exploration • explorer • samuel hearne • hearne
Samuel Hearne, Arctic Explorer British explorer Samuel Hearne was sent North on the search for copper mines by his employer, the Hudson's Bay Company. After months of travel, he arrived to find no ore canadian history • samuel hearne and his guides reached the water's e • still partly-frozen arctic ocean in 1771 • the hudson's bay company wanted the ore as ballast • the small excursion party set out from prince of w |
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