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A COUNTRY SO INTERESTING:  THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND TWO CENTURIES OF MAPPING, 1670-1870.

A COUNTRY SO INTERESTING: THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND TWO CENTURIES OF MAPPING, 1670-1870.

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A COUNTRY SO INTERESTING: THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND TWO CENTURIES OF MAPPING, 1670-1870.

by Ruggles, Richard I

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0773506780
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9780773506787
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Montreal: McGill - Queen's University Press, 1991. 300 pp, oblong (9 1/4" H x 12 1/4" D). Dark blue cloth with gold lettering/banding on spine. "Maps were an essential tool for the Hudson's Bay Company. The Company became, during the two centuries before Confederation, the main mapping agency in British North America for the immense territory extending from Ungava Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Richard Ruggles describes and analyses the mapping activities of the more than 160 Company servants and surveyors engaged in the field, as well as the contributions of more than fifty Indians and Inuit who drew sketches and gave confirgurations. Also included are annotated catalogues of all the maps known to have been produced by the (Company), and sixty-six reproductions of the most important maps and sketches." Minor edge wear, slight waviness to top/bottom edges of text block Dust jacket has very minor edge wrinkling, very minor rubbing.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

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Title
A COUNTRY SO INTERESTING: THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND TWO CENTURIES OF MAPPING, 1670-1870.
Author
Ruggles, Richard I
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
ISBN 10
0773506780
ISBN 13
9780773506787
Publisher
McGill - Queen's University Press
Place of Publication
Montreal
Date Published
1991
Keywords
Albany Factory, Forts, Albany River, Alexander C. Anderson, Arctic, Coast, Maps, Mapping, Cartography, Aaron Arrowsmith, Mapmakers, Mapmaking, Lake Athabasca, Beaver Conservation, Beaver River, Boats, Bottom of the Bay, Brigade Trails, british Columbia, B
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