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Moor's competence as a commander was called into question on his return. There is little doubt that his weakness and uncertainty affected the expedition but the unhappiness of the investors was also because he refused to engage in illegal trade on their behalf.
103:, with voyages to the bay from about 1730 to 1741 and carried out increasingly important duties during that period. In 1741 he and Middleton left the HBC's employ and Moor was given command of 166:
Moor appears to have retired around this time. His explorations did add significantly to the knowledge of the area despite his problems with the command of the expedition.
140:, an opponent of the HBC monopoly of the bay area. Middleton was accused of protecting the HBC monopoly and Moor took the side of Dobbs. In 1746, Moor was in command of a 144:
to Hudson Bay funded by Dobbs and others. After a short and unsuccessful period of exploration by the two ships, they decided to overwinter at the HBC post at
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The next summer some good exploration was carried out on the western shore and discovered Chesterfield Inlet but did not fully explore it. He also examined
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where sickness plagued the crews. Their survey of the shoreline and tides of the west side of
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Moor and Middleton and the 1741–1742 expedition were under the scrutiny of
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Moor was involved, under the supervision of his cousin,
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Lead an expedition searching for the Northwest Passage
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County Durham
Greatham, County Durham
Hudson's Bay Company
Christopher Middleton
HMS Discovery
HMS Furnace
a search
Northwest Passage
Prince of Wales Fort
Hudson Bay
Arthur Dobbs
private discovery expedition
York Factory
Rankin Inlet
Wager Bay






Williams, Glyndwr
"Moor, William"
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