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Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)

1764 to 1820 7 documented presences 7 places

Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) across 7 places, from 1731 to 1791. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Sir Alexander Mackenzie ( – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) was documented, and when

1731 to 1780period
Stornowayattested “He was the third of the four children born to Kenneth 'Corc' Mackenzie (1731–1780) and his wife Isabella MacIver, from another prominent mercantile family in Stornoway.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1774year
New York Cityattested “Alexander as a boy sailed in 1774 to New York City with his father to join an uncle, John Mackenzie, after his mother died in Scotland.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1774year
New Yorkattested “Alexander as a boy sailed in 1774 to New York City with his father to join an uncle, John Mackenzie, after his mother died in Scotland.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1774year
Scotlandattested “Alexander as a boy sailed in 1774 to New York City with his father to join an uncle, John Mackenzie, after his mother died in Scotland.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1779year
Montrealattested “By 1779 (a year before his father's death at Carleton Island), Mackenzie had a secured apprenticeship with Finlay, Gregory & Co., one of the most influential fur trading companies in Montreal.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1779year
Carleton Islandattested “By 1779 (a year before his father's death at Carleton Island), Mackenzie had a secured apprenticeship with Finlay, Gregory & Co., one of the most influential fur trading companies in Montreal.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1791year
Great Britainattested “In 1791, Mackenzie returned to Great Britain to study the new advance in the measurement of longitude.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)

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Places Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) is documented in

Great Britain1 presence · 1791Montreal1 presence · 1779New York1 presence · 1774New York City1 presence · 1774Scotland1 presence · 1774
Carleton Island1 presence · 1779
Stornoway1 presence · 1731

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In each of these, a source puts Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1778year
Montrealmentioned “By 1778, for his safety as a son of loyalists, Alexander Mackenzie was sent, or went accompanied by two aunts, to Montreal.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1792year
Canadamentioned “In the aftermath of the Nootka Crisis with Spain, he returned to Canada in 1792, and set out to find a route to the Pacific.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1792year
Pacificmentioned “In the aftermath of the Nootka Crisis with Spain, he returned to Canada in 1792, and set out to find a route to the Pacific.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
10 October 1792exact date
Fort Chipewyanmentioned “Accompanied by two native guides (one named Cancre), his cousin, Alexander MacKay, six Canadian voyageurs (Joseph Landry, Charles Ducette, François Beaulieu, Baptiste Bisson, Francois Courtois, Jacques Beauchamp), and a dog simply referr…” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
9 May 1793exact date
Fort Forkmentioned “Mackenzie left Fort Fork on 9 May 1793, following the route of the Peace River.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
20 July 1793exact date
Bella Coola, British Columbiamentioned “He followed this advice and reached the Pacific coast on 20 July 1793, at Bella Coola, British Columbia, on North Bentinck Arm, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
20 July 1793exact date
Pacificmentioned “He followed this advice and reached the Pacific coast on 20 July 1793, at Bella Coola, British Columbia, on North Bentinck Arm, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1799year
Londonmentioned “In 1799 he left the Company and travelled to London to lobby on behalf of the Canadian fur trade.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1800year
Canadamentioned “In 1800 he returned to Canada and aided in the formation of the New North West Company (also known as the XY Company).” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1801year
Londonmentioned “In 1801 he returned to London and that year the journals of his exploratory journeys were published.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
1812year
Scotlandmentioned “In 1812 Mackenzie, then aged 48, returned to Scotland, where he married 14-year-old Geddes Mackenzie, twin heiress of Avoch.” source: Wikipedia: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)

Documented at the same place, the same year

Charles BellScotland · 1774

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