sir alexander mackenzie

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Definition von sir alexander mackenzie im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born 1755?, Stornoway, Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scot. died March 11, 1820, near Pitlochry, Perth Scottish-born Canadian explorer. Immigrating to Canada as a young man, he entered a fur-trading firm in 1779. In 1788 he set up a trading post, Fort Chipewyan, on Lake Athabasca. From there he began an expedition (1789) that followed the Mackenzie River from Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean. In 1793 he journeyed from Fort Chipewyan through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast, thereby becoming the first European to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico

Silbentrennung

sir Al·ex·an·der Mac·ken·zie

Türkische aussprache

sır älıgzändır mıkenzi

Aussprache

/ˈsər ˌaləgˈzandər məˈkenzē/ /ˈsɜr ˌæləɡˈzændɜr məˈkɛnziː/