wyszukanych pozycji: 2
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A Year Inland: The Journal of a Hudsonâ (Tm)S Bay Company Winterer
ISBN: 9780889203570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Anthony Henday, a young Hudson s Bay Company employee, set out from York Factory in June 1754 to winter with trading Indians along the Saskatchewan River. He adapted willingly and easily to their way of life; he also kept a journal in which he described the plains region and took note of rival French traders success at their inland posts. A copy of Henday s journal was immediately sent to the company directors in London. They rewarded Henday handsomely although they were uncertain where he had travelled, what groups he had met on the plains, and what success he had in opposing rival... Anthony Henday, a young Hudson s Bay Company employee, set out from York Factory in June 1754 to winter with trading Indians along the Saskatchewa... |
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171,08 |
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Dark Storm Moving West
ISBN: 9781552381823 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The fur trade was the impetus for much of the exploration and discovery of North America. Like rolling storm clouds, the expanding enterprise of the fur trade moved relentlessly west to explore the furthest reaches of the continent. From Hudson Bay, Lake Superior, and the Mississippi River, European and American explorers and traders followed a web of waterways north to the rich fur region of Lake Athabaska, farther north to the Arctic Ocean, and west to the Rocky Mountains and on to the Pacific Ocean.
The essays in Dark Storm Moving West trace three phases of westward exploration:... The fur trade was the impetus for much of the exploration and discovery of North America. Like rolling storm clouds, the expanding enterprise of the f...
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215,06 |