In the early 1770s England's Samuel Hearne became the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean overland from this bay
[DOC] [TLE] Rivers of Conjecture: The Hudson's Bay Company ... - ScholarWorks [PAR] The Company's early voyages of discovery unsuccessfully attempted to cross the 
heart ..... fourteenth century, the overland routes to India and China became 
closed to the merchants of ..... Samuel Hearne had simply fulfilled his part in a 
long legacy of exploration rooted firmly ..... European to reach the Arctic Ocean by 
land.