Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (1807 – 1873); Irish explorer of the Arctic. In 1854, he was the first to transit the Northwest Passage (by boat and sledge), as well as the first to circumnavigate the Americas

---

Size: 4643px × 4517px
Location:
Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1854, 1873, americas, archival, archive, arctic, arctic., circumnavigation, exploration, explorer, historical, history, irish, john, le, mcclure, mesurier, northwest, passage, robert, sir, transit