Fraser 1808 Simon Fraser, an explorer and fur trader, was born in 1776 in Mapletown, Vermont... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
George Heriot A writer, government official and landscape painter, George Heriot is remembered mainly in the latter capacity... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Christopher Middleton Middleton had been sent out in search of a Northwest Passage in order to ease the minds of merchants... rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/in-dept...
La Salle and Hennepin 1678-1681 The explorer Ren�-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, who discovered the mouths of the Mississippi... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Henry Youle Hind In the middle of the nineteenth century, the vast British territories west of the Great Lakes were under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
The Adventures of Daniel Boone Published by John Filson on Boone's 50th birthday, the narrative describes in Boone's own words his exploits in the Kentucky wilderness from May, 1769 to October of 1782. earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/
Franklin 1819-1822 After George Vancouver, the explorer who did the most to advance knowledge of the Canadian coast was unquestionably John Franklin... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Frobisher 1577 Sir Martin Frobisher, the first Englishman since the Cabots to look for a Northwest Passage to Asia, was probably born in 1539... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Charles Francis Hall On his first voyage, Hall lost his ship in a storm.. famousamericans.net/charlesfrancishall/...
Martin Frobisher On his first voyage in search of the Northwest Passage Frobisher landed near Resolution Island... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Viscount Milton 1862-1863 Written by a young Englishmen with an adventurous spirit, The North-West Passage by Land played an indirect part in the creation of present-day Canada... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Robert Peary & Matthew Henson Robert Peary and Matthew Henson opened up the gateway to the North Pole... tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/pearyhenson.ht...
John Davis Davis sighted land somewhere along the east Gronland coast on his first voyage en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davis_(English_e...
Joseph Fran�ois Lafitau 1724 Joseph-Fran�ois Lafitau, a Jesuit missionary and the discoverer of ginseng in North America... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
La Salle and Tonty 1678-1688 In 1680, after the failure of his first attempt, La Salle retraced his steps and made preparations for a second expedition epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...