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13 de mar. de 2018 · Revisiting an Explorer’s Northwest Passage ‘Disappointment’ After Nearly 230 Years. The 18th-century fur trader Alexander Mackenzie thought he was a failure, but he was wrong. He was just ...
13 de nov. de 2018 · In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1,200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey — and discovered the Passage he ...
Alexander Mackenzie was the first literate traveler to cross the North American continent north of Mexico. In several ways, Lewis emulated him. Reprinted from We Proceeded On[1] From Canada, by Land. Mackenzie’s Routes. To see labels, point to the image. Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
24 de abr. de 2003 · Many other Europeans, such as Comte de La Perouse, John Meares, and Alexander Mackenzie, belong in this pantheon of Pacific Northwest explorers and seekers of the Northwest Passage, but one individual -- George Vancouver -- stands alone because of his investigations of Admiralty Inlet, Hood Canal, and Puget Sound. This essay made possible by:
Empire of the Bay: Mackenzie's Path to the Pacific. Convinced more than ever that the North West Company — the Hudson's Bay Company's main competitor — needed a base on the Pacific coast,...
10 de mar. de 2018 · In the summer of 1789, a young fur trader named Alexander Mackenzie led an expedition in search of a Northwest Passage. He and his voyageurs and Chipewyan guides were attempting, 14 years...
7 de ene. de 2008 · Last Edited February 16, 2021. Sir Alexander Mackenzie, fur trader, explorer (born around 1764 near Stornoway, Scotland; died 12 March 1820 near Dunkeld, Scotland). Mackenzie was one of Canada’s greatest explorers. In two epic journeys for the North West Company in 1789 and 1793, he crossed the dense northern wilderness to reach the Arctic ...
