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Definition of Sir Alexander Mackenzie
1. Noun. Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Literary usage of Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"Sir Alexander Mackenzie TO LORD HOBART. (Canadian Archives, Series Q., Vol. 00, p.
;->7.) NORFOLK STREET 7th Jan. 1802. LORD,—In obedience to Command, ..."
2. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1863)
"His eldest son, Sir Alexander, 5th baronet, died in 1792. His con. Sir Alexander
Mackenzie, 6th baronet, a major-general in the Bengal army, and provincial ..."
3. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of by Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson (1832)
"Bearne and Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Colonisation of Canada—French Fur-Trade—Rise
of Hudson's Bay Company—Hearne's Three Journeys—North-West Fur ..."
4. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"... and Sir Alexander Mackenzie, in his travels to the western coast, met with
flax in the interior, where no European was ever known to have been before. ..."
5. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"flows on the pantera side of the Rocky Mountain Chain, is, with some trifling
diversions, identical with the track of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, who. in 1793, ..."
6. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"flows on the eastern side of the Kooky Mountain Chain, is, with some trifling
diversions, identical with the track of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, who, in 1793, ..."
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