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Hearne, Samuel
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. [eng] |
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Samuel Hearne
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. [eng] |
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Samuel Hearne - Canadian Heritage Gallery
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Samuel Hearne
A comprehensive educational directory that provides a wide variety of resources on Samuel Hearne. [eng] |
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Samuel Hearne
A comprehensive educational directory that provides a wide variety of resources on Samuel Hearne. [eng] |
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Samuel Hearne
Samuel Hearne grew up in London, England where his father was secretary of the London Bridge Water Works Company. Hearne was an ambitious young man and enlisted in the Royal Navy, in 1757 at age 12. Nine years later, in 1766, he joined the Hudson's Bay Company as a mate on the little sloop Churchill, and spent his winters at the Company post, Fort Prince of Wales on the west coast of Hudson Bay. [eng] |
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