Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 160 Bryce, George 1844 1931 The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies Produced by Melissa McDaniel, Christian Boissonnas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company" by George Bryce is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work meticulously chronicles the extensive legacy and influence of the Hudson's Bay Company over its long history, emphasizing its critical role in trade, exploration, and the governance of vast territories in North America. The narrative takes the reader through the company's foundational years, its key figures, and its interactions with rival trading entities, particularly the French traders and other companies, thus painting a detailed picture of the fur trade era. The opening of the book introduces the rich history surrounding the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company, highlighting its adventurous beginnings with explorers Pierre Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers, who first sought to harness trade in the region. As they navigated personal and political challenges, the narrative lays the groundwork for how these early ventures and royal interventions led to the formation of a company that would eventually control vast expanses of land. Through various challenges and detailed accounts of expeditions, Bryce sets the stage for understanding the larger impact the Hudson's Bay Company had on Canada's development and its complex relationships with Indigenous peoples and competing traders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44312/44312-h/images/cover.jpg en Northwest, Canadian -- History Hudson's Bay Company North West Company XY Company Fur trade -- Northwest, Canadian F1001 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 1279298 1279305 2024-09-18T14:10:08.557490 2023-09-19T09:49:10.567705 text/html text/html 1292931 2013-11-30T03:40:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 9839547 2013-11-30T03:40:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 7322297 2024-09-18T14:10:31.092915 application/epub+zip 7336111 2024-09-18T14:10:13.547460 application/epub+zip 514540 2024-09-18T14:10:10.190541 application/epub+zip 5537230 2024-09-18T14:10:42.408841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5418700 2024-09-18T14:10:26.972920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742364 2022-09-20T08:13:05.305901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1126724 1126614 2024-09-18T14:10:05.253588 2023-09-19T09:49:07.770652 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1126211 2013-11-30T03:40:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 415382 2013-11-30T03:40:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1126267 2013-11-30T03:40:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 414908 2013-11-30T03:40:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21203 2024-09-18T14:10:42.597822 application/rdf+xml 5898 2024-09-18T14:10:10.365483 image/jpeg 1534 2024-09-18T14:10:10.279539 image/jpeg 9978583 2024-09-18T14:10:08.841531 application/octet-stream application/zip Manitoba Historical Society