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Who explored from Hudson Bay to the mouth of the Coppermine River between 1770 and 1772?
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The explorer who traveled from the west coast of Hudson Bay to the mouth of the Coppermine River between 1770 and 1772 was Samuel Hearne.
An English seaman and fur trader working for the Hudson’s Bay Company, Hearne undertook this overland expedition to explore the region for potential mineral riches and a route to the Orient. His journey, which covered approximately 5,000 miles, marked the first recorded exploration of the mainland in that area and provided the first European account of reaching the Arctic Ocean by land.12