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21 de fev. de 2008 · Published Online February 21, 2008. Last Edited December 4, 2017. Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd prime minister of Canada 1873–78, stonemason, building contractor, author, insurance executive (born 28 January 1822 in Logierait, Scotland; died 17 April 1892 in Toronto, ON). Alexander Mackenzie. Alexander Mackenzie was Canada's second prime minister.
Alexander Mackenzie was a member of the North West Company, a Canadian fur trading company that operated in the western interior of Canada. The North West Company was a major competitor of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), which was another Canadian fur trading company. Mackenzie joined the North West Company in 1789 and began working as a clerk ...
Alexander MacKenzie fue un explorador de origen escocés recordado como uno de los grandes exploradores de América del Norte ya que protagonizó dos importantes expediciones en el ártico canadiense: en 1789, partiendo del lago Athabasca logró alcanzar el Ártico tras descender en canoa el río Mackenzie en un largo viaje de más de 4800 km por unas tierras inhóspitas y totalmente ...
Alexander was taken in by his aunts who moved to Johnstown and then as loyalists they moved to Montreal where Alexander was enrolled in school. Mackenzie soon left school and joined Gregory, MacLeod ad Company where he thrived as a trader. He succeeded in trade at Detroit and was sent to Minnesota to expand company trade.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie ( 1764 - 12 de março de 1820) foi um explorador escocês-canadense. Alexander Mackenzie em pintura de Thomas Lawrence (feita por volta de 1800). Cortesia da Galeria Nacional do Canadá. Mackenzie nasceu em Stornoway na Ilha de Lewis em Outer Hebrides, Escócia. Em 1774 sua família se mudou para Nova Iorque e depois ...
Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish fur trader who is known for leading the first east-west expedition across North America north of Mexico. Born in Stornoway, Mackenzie travelled to New York just before the outbreak of the American War of Independence. He moved to Montreal in 1778 where he secured an apprenticeship with one of the fur companies in the city. The fur trade was Canada’s main ...
18 de jul. de 2013 · Sir Alexander Mackenzie, propelled by the fur trade and his own wanderlust, was the first European to traverse the North American continent north of Mexico. His 6,400 km trek to the Pacific on behalf of the North West Company (NWC) revealed the promise of the Canadian Northwest and much of the geography of western North America.
