. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . subsequently became governor-in-chief of Rupertslaud, and general superintendent of all the Hud-son bay companys affairs in North America. Inthat capacity he planned the successful expeditionunder his cousin,Thomas Simpson(1836-9), and great-ly aided other trav-ellers in their explo-rations. In 1841-2he made the over-land journey roundthe world, goingfrom London toMontreal, thence toVancouver and Sit-ka, thence by NewArchangel and theAleutian islands Rus-sian Asia to Mos-cow and St. Peters-burg, and home bythe Baltic. Heclaimed

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. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . subsequently became governor-in-chief of Rupertslaud, and general superintendent of all the Hud-son bay companys affairs in North America. Inthat capacity he planned the successful expeditionunder his cousin,Thomas Simpson(1836-9), and great-ly aided other trav-ellers in their explo-rations. In 1841-2he made the over-land journey roundthe world, goingfrom London toMontreal, thence toVancouver and Sit-ka, thence by NewArchangel and theAleutian islands Rus-sian Asia to Mos-cow and St. Peters-burg, and home bythe Baltic. Heclaimed to be thefirst traveller to make the overland journey. Formany years preceding his death he resided at La-chine, entertained the Prince of Wales during hisvisit in 1860, and was a director of the Bank ofBritish North America and of the Bank of 1S41 he was knighted for his services in connec-tion with the cause of arctic exploration. He pub-lished Narrative of an Overland Journey round t heWorld during the Years 1841-2 (2 Lond

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