On Foot to the Arctic: The Story of Samuel Hearne
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Author(s)Ronald Syme
PublisherW. Morrow
ISBN / ASINB0006AVVW0
ISBN-13978B0006AVVW4
Sales Rank4,137,902
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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On Foot to the Arctic: The Story of Samuel Hearne..........................Samuel Hearne (1745 - 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, actually Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River. In 1774, Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company, its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan....................(courtesy of Amazon's seller Fridamod)