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Maps, page 2

Martin Frobisher's voyages

Map showing the route of Frobisher's first voyage, from England to a bay off of Baffin Island that Frobisher thought was a strait between Canada and Asia, June 7 to October 9, 1576 Map showing the route of Frobisher's third voyage, where he travelled past Resolution Island, partway into Hudson Strait and then back into Frobisher Bay, May 31 to end of August, 1578
Frobisher discovered the bay now known as Frobisher Bay, off of Baffin Island. Frobisher thought that the bay was a strait between Canada and Asia
Copyright/Source		 On his third voyage, part of Frobisher's fleet mistakenly entered what is now called Hudson Strait before realizing that they had gone the wrong way
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Samuel Hearne's voyages

Map showing the route of Hearne's third expedition, December 1770 to June 1772, from Hudson Bay to Coppermine River, up Coppermine River to the Arctic Ocean and then back to the Prince of Wales Fort
Hearne's third expedition was successful thanks to the help of Matonabbee and his six wives
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Henry Hudson's voyages

Map showing the route of Hudson's first and second voyages, in 1607 and 1608, where he travelled north of Norway in an attempt to pass over the North Pole Map showing the route of Hudson's third voyage, in 1609, on which he travelled south of Cape Cod, along the eastern coast and explored the area around New York Map showing the route of Hudson's fourth voyage, April 10, 1610 to October 20, 1611, on which he passed through Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay
Hudson hoped to find a short route to Asia by going over the North Pole
Copyright/Source		 Hudson gave up his route over the North Pole when his crew almost mutinied; he explored America instead
Copyright/Source		 On his fourth voyage, Hudson thought he was close to Asia when he found what is now known as Hudson Bay
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Henry Kelsey's voyages

Map showing the settlements around Hudson Bay Map showing the route of Kelsey's second voyage, June 25, 1690 to 1692, on which he travelled southwest to the Prairies
Kelsey was the first to deliver letters between settlements -- a task he completed with the help of a Native boy
Copyright/Source		 Kelsey travelled southwest with the help of the Native people and was the first European to see the Canadian Prairies
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The La Vérendryes' voyages

Map showing Pierre de La Vérendyres' route to Lake of the Woods, 1731-1732 Map showing Pierre de La Verendyre's exploration of the Assiniboine and Missouri rivers in 1738 Map showing Louis-Joseph de La Verendyre's exploration of the Assiniboine river, then southwest towards the Rockies and then back to the Missouri river, 1742-1743
In 1732, the La Vérendyres set up two trading posts at Lake of the Woods
Copyright/Source		 La Verendyre was so busy with the fur trade that he had little time to explore
Copyright/Source		 It took years to learn about the complicated river and lake networks
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Alexander MacKenzie's voyages

Map showing Mackenzie's route from Fort Chipewyan up to the Arctic Ocean, along what is now known as the Mackenzie River, June 3 to September 12, 1789 Map showing the route of Mackenzie's second voyage, from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean, October 12, 1792 to July 19, 1793
In searching for a route to the Pacific Ocean, Mackenzie discovered what is now known as the Mackenzie River
Copyright/Source		 Mackenzie successfully reached the Pacific Ocean on his second voyage
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Robert McClure's voyages

Map showing the route of McClure's Arctic voyage to search for Franklin and his crew, 1848-1849
McClure and his shipmates searched the Arctic for Franklin and his crew, continuing by sledge when their ship became frozen in ice
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David Thompson's voyages

Map showing the route of Thompson's voyage down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, 1811
Thompson is credited with mapping a large part of the northwest
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George Vancouver's voyages

Map showing the route of Vancouver's voyage, April 1, 1791 - October 1795, beginning north of San Francisco and travelling up the west coast of North America
Vancouver and his expedition members mapped the west coast of North America from what is now northern Mexico to present-day British Columbia
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Viking exploration in North America

Map showing the Vikings' voyage from Greenland to Newfoundland in the eleventh century
The Vikings were the first Europeans proven to have crossed the Atlantic and to have lived in North America
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