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Journals of Samuel Hearne and Philip Turnor

Hearne, Samuel: 1745-1792. Born in England; entered Royal Navy, then HBC, c. 1765; fur trader and explorer; built Cumberland House, the first permanent settlement in the future province of Saskatchewan, 1774; returned to England, 1787 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Turnor, Philip: 1752?-1800. Born in England; surveyor for HBC, 1778-1792 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Fidler, Peter: 1769-1822. Born in England; servant of HBC, 1788-1822; learned surveying from Philip Turnor (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Tyrrell, Joseph Burr: 1858-1957. Geologist and mining engineer interested in Canadian history; member of Geological Survey of Canada; prominent in surveying and exploring western and northern Canada, 1881-1898; edited works of explorers ( Canadian who's who , 1936-1937). // Edition of 550 copies. Also published, New York: Greenwood Press, 1968 (xviii, 611p.). Hearne's journals cover his penetration of the interior in 1774-1775, and the building of Cumberland House, the first permanent establishment of the HBC in the interior. Turnor's journals include his surveys in the Saskatchewan-Athabasca region. Peter Fidler's journal covers

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