Book
Adventurers : the epic story of the Hudson's Bay Company
Record details
- ISBN: 97818958921310
- ISBN: 1895892139
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Physical Description:
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32 p. ; ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : Quantam Books, 2000.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. A Quantum book produced for the Hudson's Bay Company. Also available in French under title: Les aventuriers : Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, une histoire épique. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The adventurer 1660-1720 -- The long struggle with Montreal 1713-1821 -- Give us good measure 1821-1870 -- Becoming a business 1870-2000. |
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| Subject: | Hudson's Bay Company -- History -- Juvenile literature Fur trade -- Canada -- History -- Juvenile literature Northwest, Canadian -- History -- Juvenile literature |
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Summary:
It was called 'the Company of Adventurers' and its empire once spanned a twelfth of the space of the earth. Here, award-winning historian Christopher Moore vividly recalls the story of this remarkable company - from the first voyage of the sailing Nonsuch in 1668 to creation of Hudson's Bay Company posts that grew into the department stores of today. Along the way we experience the hardy lives of trappers and traders, the bitter rivalry of the Baymen and the Nor'Westers, the struggles of the Selkirk settlers and the building of the Canada Pacific Railway. The cast of characters ranges from English lords to voyageurs, from mapmakers to railroad barons. Generously illustrated with maps, diagrams, paintings, and modern color photographs, Adventurers vividly recreates the saga of the company whose history is the story of Canada.
