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June 17 1719 and the doomed voyage to the Northwest Passage
A 1719 Arctic venture by Knight and the Hudson’s Bay Company sailed into oblivion near Marble Island. The fleet Albany and Discovery, under a grizzled sea captain, vanished while London pressed hopes of a Northwest Passage and wealth beyond trade. It took 48 years for Samuel Hearne to uncover the mystery.
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London
Hudson's Bay
Knight
Cathay
Hudson’s Bay
Kelsey
Marble Island
Whalebone
John Scroggs
Samuel Hearne
Hudson's Bay Company
Albany
Discovery
Bay
Henry Kelsey
North West Passage
Port Nelson
Fort York
Churchill
Hearne
James Knight