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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.
Samuel Hearne (born 1745, London, England—died November 1792, London) was an English seaman, fur trader, and explorer, the first European to make an overland trip to the Arctic Ocean in what is now Canada.
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The Canadian Hudson’s Bay Company commissioned Samuel Hearne to go on an overland journey in search of the North-West Passage – the seaway through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and Arctic Oceans – in 1772.
Samuel Hearne, explorer, fur trader, author, naturalist (born 1745 in London, England; died November 1792 in London, England). Samuel Hearne was the first European to travel by land across the Arctic from the east coast to the Arctic Ocean.
Samuel Hearne Is the First European to Reach the Arctic Ocean by Land Route. Overview. In the late 1760s reports from Native American traders at the Hudson's Bay Company's Prince of Wales Fort told of a large river leading to the Arctic Ocean with a wealthy copper mine at its mouth.
May 29, 2018 · Learn about Samuel Hearne, an English explorer who surveyed the Coppermine River, discovered the "Northern Ocean," and searched for the Northwest Passage. Find out his life story, his three Arctic expeditions, and his writings on his journeys.
HEARNE, SAMUEL, explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist; b. 1745 in London, England, son of Samuel and Diana Hearne; d. November 1792 in London. Samuel Hearne’s father, who had shown energy and imagination as managing engineer of the London Bridge Water Works, died in 1748. Mrs Hearne then took her son and daughter to Beaminster, in Dorset.
