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MARC recordA country so interesting. The Hudson's Bay Company and two centuries of mapping, 1670-1870 / Richard I. Ruggles.
| Title: | A country so interesting. The Hudson's Bay Company and two centuries of mapping, 1670-1870 / Richard I. Ruggles. |
| Author(s): | Ruggles, Richard I. |
| Date: | 1991. |
| Publisher: | Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Abstract: | Describes and analyses company's contribution to Canadian cartographic history. Analyses roles of exploration, surveying and mapping in company operation, formulation of trading policies and methods, and geographical pattern of trade. Draws particular attention to role played by individual cartographers such as Turnor, Fidler, Thompson, Kelsey and Henday. |
| Keywords: | 528.9(091) -- History of cartography. 061.5 -- Business enterprises: Hudson's Bay Company. 339 -- Trade. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 93 -- History. V -- History. (*41) -- Canada. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-FOL: (*41) : 528.9(091) |
| SPRI record no.: | 109997 |
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