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Originally Posted by Brian W
Hi Craig, he could not disprove the North west passage for the simple reason that there is one. Though he may have spent a lot of time not finding it.
Brian
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Ahhh … but as I recall, immediately following Vancouver's later expedition (after Cook's), it was concluded that there was no passage south of the Bering Strait. This was also confirmed by others. Following this, there was effectively no 'useful' Northwest Passage. (No-one was interested in anything else). So, in those days, all of these explorers had disproven the (then) concept of a northwest passage.
The 'disprove' was complete against the original concepts (and boundaries), outlined by the hypothesis of the time.
Modern day interpretations exist separately from those of the original explorers .. ie: the 'hypothesis' has changed .. evidence is again sought to test it, etc, etc.
Cheers