Profile: Samuel Hearne
Samuel Hearne is best known to students of polar history because of his famous overland expedition of 1770–72, when he became the first European to reach the northern coast of North America at the mouth of the Coppermine River. Fewer know of his other notable journeys, in which he established Cumber...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400006793 2024-03-03T08:43:43+00:00 Profile: Samuel Hearne Stone, Ian R. 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400006793 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400006793 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 23, issue 142, page 49-56 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1986 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400006793 2024-02-08T08:40:21Z Samuel Hearne is best known to students of polar history because of his famous overland expedition of 1770–72, when he became the first European to reach the northern coast of North America at the mouth of the Coppermine River. Fewer know of his other notable journeys, in which he established Cumberland House as an inland trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company; fewer still may be aware of his capture, while Governor of Prince of Wales' Fort on Hudson Bay, by the French naval commander la Pérouse in 1782. That Hearne was an attractive and interesting character emerges clearly from his own account of his major expedition (a classic in exploration literature) and his other writings. However, he was also a figure of controversy, both during his life and subsequently, and this lends interest to his story. Article in Journal/Newspaper Coppermine River Hudson Bay Polar Record Cambridge University Press Hudson Bay Hudson Polar Record 23 142 49 56 |
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Samuel Hearne is best known to students of polar history because of his famous overland expedition of 1770–72, when he became the first European to reach the northern coast of North America at the mouth of the Coppermine River. Fewer know of his other notable journeys, in which he established Cumberland House as an inland trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company; fewer still may be aware of his capture, while Governor of Prince of Wales' Fort on Hudson Bay, by the French naval commander la Pérouse in 1782. That Hearne was an attractive and interesting character emerges clearly from his own account of his major expedition (a classic in exploration literature) and his other writings. However, he was also a figure of controversy, both during his life and subsequently, and this lends interest to his story. |
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