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Samuel Hearne - Canadian Heritage Gallery - English
URL: http://www.canadianheritage.org/reproductions/10189.htm

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Samuel Hearne - English
URL: http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Samuel_Hearne/index1.htm

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A comprehensive educational directory that provides a wide variety of resources on Samuel Hearne.

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Samuel Hearne - English
URL: http://www.famousamericans.net/samuelhearne/

English explorer, born in London in 1745; died in 1792. In early life he served as a midshipman under Hood, and after the seven years' war he entered the employment of the Hudson bay company, and made several journeys in northern British America in quest of a northwest passage and of mines of the precious metals. He started on an expedition to the north on 15 July, 1771, reached the Coppermine river after a journey of nearly 1,300 miles on foot, and descended it to the Arctic ocean.

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Samuel Hearne - English
URL: http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Samuel_Hearne/

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A comprehensive educational directory that provides a wide variety of resources on Samuel Hearne.

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SAMUEL HEARNE - English
URL: http://38.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HE/HEARNE_SAMUEL.htm

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English explorer, was born in London. In 1756 he entered the navy, and was some time with Lord Hood; at the end of the Seven Years War (1763) he took service with the Hudsons Bay Company. In 1768 he examined portions of the Hudsons Bay coasts with a view to improving the cod fishery, and in 1769-1772 he was employed in north-western discovery, searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians.

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Hearne, Samuel - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823113.html

British fur trader, explorer in N Canada. He entered the British navy at the age of 11 and saw service in the naval battles of the Seven Years War. In 1766 he was hired by the Hudson's Bay Company, and he was mate of the sloop Churchill, serving at and about Fort Prince of Wales (now Fort Churchill) until 1768, when he became mate of the brigantine Charlotte. In 1769 he was chosen to head a land expedition to the north to investigate native reports of a great river and large copper mines.

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