Robert Mcclure Discovers the Elusive Northwest Passage
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The Northwest Passage was the persistent vision of many early explorers. They traveled across the ocean and up rivers and lakes searchin...
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Sir Robert John Le Mesurier Mcclure
1807-1873
Irish Explorer
The name of Sir Robert McClure is inextricably linked with the Northwest Passage because of his determination to find the elusive waterway ...
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Robert McClure
Born 1807, Wexford, lreland Died 1873, London, England
Sir Robert McClure was the first man to confirm the existence of the Northwest Passage, a route between the Atlantic and Pacific ...
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Sir Robert McClure (1807-1873) was a British naval officer who, while searching for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin, discovered the Northwest Passage.Robert McClure was born in Wexford, Irela...
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Robert Mcclure Discovers the Elusive Northwest Passage
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