Which of these statements about the mapping and exploration of North America is FALSE?
A)Captain Cook's Pacific journey helped establish the dimensions of the North American continent.
B)George Vancouver charted the American western coast as far north as Alaska.
C)Alexander Mackenzie crossed the entire American continent by foot from east to west.
D)Lewis and Clark's journey was the initial step in surveying and locating spaces on a universal grid from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast.
E)The various expeditions led to the discovery of an all-water route that crossed the continent along the Canadian-American border.

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The statement about the discovery of an all-water route that crossed the continent along the Canadian-American border is false. No such route exists; the search for the Northwest Passage, a direct all-water route through the North American continent, was never successful in the way early explorers hoped.

Which of These Statements About the Mapping and Exploration of North