John Rae (1813–93): Explorer of the Canadian Arctic, the great pedestrian
Born and raised in the Orkney Islands, Dr John Rae joined the Hudson's Bay Company and rose to be Chief Factor. Unusually tough and intelligent, he explored much of northern Canada, mapping the north eastern shore and finding controversial evidence of the lost Franklin expedition of 1845. A tal...
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crsagepubl:10.1258/jmb.2009.009062 2023-05-15T14:56:33+02:00 John Rae (1813–93): Explorer of the Canadian Arctic, the great pedestrian Loosmore, Brian 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2009.009062 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/jmb.2009.009062 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1258/jmb.2009.009062 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Medical Biography volume 17, issue 4, page 206-208 ISSN 0967-7720 1758-1087 History and Philosophy of Science Medicine (miscellaneous) journal-article 2009 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2009.009062 2022-04-14T04:35:16Z Born and raised in the Orkney Islands, Dr John Rae joined the Hudson's Bay Company and rose to be Chief Factor. Unusually tough and intelligent, he explored much of northern Canada, mapping the north eastern shore and finding controversial evidence of the lost Franklin expedition of 1845. A talented botanist, geologist, anthropologist and cartographer, he was northern Canada's most distinguished explorer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Arctic Canada Rae ENVELOPE(-116.053,-116.053,62.834,62.834) Journal of Medical Biography 17 4 206 208 |
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Born and raised in the Orkney Islands, Dr John Rae joined the Hudson's Bay Company and rose to be Chief Factor. Unusually tough and intelligent, he explored much of northern Canada, mapping the north eastern shore and finding controversial evidence of the lost Franklin expedition of 1845. A talented botanist, geologist, anthropologist and cartographer, he was northern Canada's most distinguished explorer. |
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