Crossing the Rockies

Alexander MacKenzie was the first European to traverse the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean. In 1789 he followed the MacKenzie River to the Arctic Ocean and in 1792-1793 he crossed the Rockies Mountains to the Pacific Ccean. This was 12 years before Lewis and Clark who knew about his travels and carried copies of his logs.

(The Great Courses – The Rise and Fall of the British Empire)

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