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John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, ; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage. Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia, northwest of the Hudson Bay, from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851.
John Rae (30 de setembro de 1813 – Kensington, 22 de julho de 1893) foi um explorador escocês do Ártico canadense. Biografia. Rae nasceu em Hall of Clestrain na paróquia de Orphir nas Órcadas. Após ter estudado medicina em Edimburgo ele entrou na Companhia da Baía de Hudson como médico.
John Rae (born Sept. 30, 1813, near Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scot.—died July 22, 1893, London) was a physician and explorer of the Canadian Arctic. Rae studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1829–33).
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2 de jan. de 2008 · John Rae, fur trader, explorer, surgeon, author (born 30 Sept 1813 in Orkney, Scotland; died 22 July 1893 in London, England). Rae was an expert doctor and outdoorsman known for surveying parts of the Canadian Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage, and for his 1854 reports on the Franklin Expedition 's fate.
Rae was a highly respected explorer who mapped around 1,750 miles of Arctic coast either on foot or in small boats. His respect of the indigenous peoples of Canada made him many friends there and he is still respected by them to this day.
Learn about John Rae, a 19th century Orcadian doctor and surveyor who became one of the most successful Arctic explorers. Discover how he learned from the Inuit and First Nations people, found clues of Franklin's missing ships, and was unfairly blamed for a scandal.
19 de out. de 2020 · John Rae was a surgeon from the Orkney Islands, an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and an important nineteenth-century Arctic explorer. He is probably most famous for being the person who first found conclusive evidence concerning the tragic fate of the Franklin expedition to the North American Arctic, and he is sometimes ...
