Samuel Hearne

Samuel Hearne Samuel Hearne (February 1745 – November 1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author and naturalist.

He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, specifically to Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River. In 1774, Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company, its second interior trading post after Henley House and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean.
    by Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792
    Published 1968
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    Coppermine journey ; an account of a great adventure /
    by Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792
    Published 1958
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    A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean : Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. By Samuel Hearne.
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    A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean : Undertaken ... for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, ... 1772. By Samuel Hearne.
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