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Hudson's Bay Company, 1821-1869
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 520

Hudson's Bay Company, 1821-1869

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The Company
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 506

The Company

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay Company, dramatic and adventurous and complex, is the story of modern Canada's creation. And yet it hasn't been told in a book for over thirty years, and never in such depth and vivid detail as in Stephen R. Bown's exciting new telling. The Company started out small in 1670, trading practical manufactured goods for furs with the Indigenous inhabitants of inland subarctic Canada. Controlled by a handful of English aristocrats, it expanded into a powerful political force that ruled the lives of many thousands of people--from the lowlands south and west of Hudson Bay, to the tundra...

The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 510

The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957.

Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 513

Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-11-01
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  • Publisher: UBC Press

In the early nineteenth century, when the Hudson’s Bay Company sent men to its furthest posts along the coast of North America’s Pacific Northwest, the letters of those who cared for those men followed them in the Company’s supply ships. Sometimes, these letters missed their objects – the men had returned to Britain, or deserted their ships, or died. The Company returned the correspondence to its London office and over the years amassed a file of “undelivered letters.” Many of these remained sealed for 150 years and until they were opened by archivist Judith Hudson Beattie, when the Company archives were moved to Canada. These letters tell the fascinating stories of ordinary peop...

Empire of the Bay
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

Empire of the Bay

Popular history of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada, including the fur trade, exploration, native peoples, social history, northern trading posts and a chronology.

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 418

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company

Reproduction of the original: The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company by George Bryce

Hudson's Bay Company Adventures
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Hudson's Bay Company Adventures

The early history of the Hudson’s Bay Company comes alive in these true tales of fur-trade wars, incredible wilderness journeys, hardships and danger. Founded by the extraordinary adventurers and renegades Radisson and des Groseilliers, the HBC attracted many memorable characters. Explorer Henry Kelsey was the first European to see the buffalo herds. James Knight met a mysterious fate on a frozen northern island. Brave Isabel Gunn worked in the fur trade disguised as a man. Anyone who enjoys historical adventure will relish these exciting stories of Canada’s oldest company.

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 596

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company

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The Present State of Hudson's Bay
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

The Present State of Hudson's Bay

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The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 592

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-03
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  • Publisher: Nabu Press

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.