A Country So Interesting
Title | A Country So Interesting PDF eBook |
Author | Richard I. Ruggles |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1991-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0773561889 |
A vital part of A Country So Interesting are the annotated catalogues of all the maps known to have been produced by the Hudson's Bay Company: 838 maps and 557 sketches. While most are in the Company's archives in Manitoba, Ruggles has tracked down maps in other collections, particularly in various libraries in London, England. Also included are sixty-six reproductions of the most important maps and map details.
Enlightened Zeal
Title | Enlightened Zeal PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Binnema |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 483 |
Release | 2014-03-21 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1442666951 |
Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s involvement in scientific networks during the company’s two-hundred year chartered monopoly. Working from the company’s voluminous records, Ted Binnema demonstrates the significance of science in the company’s corporate strategies. Initially highly secretive about all of its activities, the HBC was by 1870 an exceptionally generous patron of science. Aware of the ways that a commitment to scientific research could burnish its corporate reputation, the company participated in intricate symbiotic networks that linked the HBC as a corporation with individuals and scientific organizations in England, Scotland, and the United States. The pursuit of scientific knowledge could bring wealth and influence, along with tribute, fame, and renown, but science also brought less tangible benefits: adventure, health, happiness, male companionship, self-improvement, or a sense of meaning. The first study of scientific research in any chartered company over the entire course of its monopoly, Enlightened Zeal expands our understanding of social networks in science, establishes the vast scope of the HBC’s contribution to public knowledge, and will inspire new research into the history of science in other chartered monopolies.
Keepers of the Record
Title | Keepers of the Record PDF eBook |
Author | Deidre Simmons |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0773560491 |
"The Hudson's Bay Company Archives is one of the world's most complete archival collections and a national treasure. Protected in the vaults of the Archives of Manitoba, its documents trace the history of the fur trade, North American exploration, the growth of a retail empire, and the evolution of Canada as a country. Keepers of the Record offers the first comprehensive look at the development of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives over three centuries." "Deidre Simmons places the archives within the historical context of the Company, England, and Canada, as well as British and Canadian archival traditions. Keepers of the Record is illustrated with archival photographs that evoke the texture and slightly musty smell of soft leather and crisp vellum and the ghostly presence of the people who created the pristine script, writing by candlelight in unheated (or overheated, depending on the season) dwellings in the wilderness of the Hudson Bay or in the centre of London."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
The Boy's Country-Book, Being the Real Life of a Country Boy. Edited [or Rather Written] by W. H.
Title | The Boy's Country-Book, Being the Real Life of a Country Boy. Edited [or Rather Written] by W. H. PDF eBook |
Author | William Howitt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 1839 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
👩⚕️ A Country Doctor
Title | 👩⚕️ A Country Doctor PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Orne Jewett |
Publisher | Colour the Classics Publishing Corp. |
Pages | 10 |
Release | 2024-10-30 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN |
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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
Title | The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society PDF eBook |
Author | Anonymous |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 618 |
Release | 2023-01-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3382104776 |
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society
Title | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society PDF eBook |
Author | Anonymous |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 445 |
Release | 2023-02-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3382123509 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.