Francis Lucas (Royal Navy officer)

Francis Lucas (c. 1741 – 1770) naval officer and merchant trader born Clontibret, Ireland and died while at sea. He had helped establish trading relationships between Labrador and England that went on the secure the English fishery along that coast. Lucas served on a naval ship in charge of monitoring the fisheries along the Labrador coast from 1764 to 1766 when in 1765 he had accompanied two Moravian missionaries Jens Haven and in search of the Inuit of Labrador. These missionaries had established contact with Mikak and her family.

Francis Lucas (Royal Navy officer)

Francis Lucas (c. 1741 – 1770) naval officer and merchant trader born Clontibret, Ireland and died while at sea. He had helped establish trading relationships between Labrador and England that went on the secure the English fishery along that coast. Lucas served on a naval ship in charge of monitoring the fisheries along the Labrador coast from 1764 to 1766 when in 1765 he had accompanied two Moravian missionaries Jens Haven and in search of the Inuit of Labrador. These missionaries had established contact with Mikak and her family.