This era has always been fascinating to me. I've read some great books about all this stuff.
If you're interested in this kind of thing, I recommend "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose, which is a detailed and well-told account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He give a based account of the "noble savage", who was all too willing to let American fuck their wives for the "Big Medicine".
Anyway, Imagine being Cartier in 1524, trying to convince the crown to finance a third expedition because there was an inlet that had potential, only to map it and realize it terminates about 150 miles inland.
If you're interested in this kind of thing, I recommend "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose, which is a detailed and well-told account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He give a based account of the "noble savage", who was all too willing to let American fuck their wives for the "Big Medicine".
Anyway, Imagine being Cartier in 1524, trying to convince the crown to finance a third expedition because there was an inlet that had potential, only to map it and realize it terminates about 150 miles inland.
We know the answer.
They don't.
https://www.historylink.org/File/5449
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/northwest-passage-map-history
https://www.oldest.org/geography/maps/
wow
1850s were TOO COLD
Its clearing up again