Rupert's Land : A Cultural Tapestry /

For nearly two centuries, the Company of Adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay exported from Rupert's Land hundreds of thousands of pelts, leaving in exchange a wealth of European trade goods. Yet opening the vast northwest had more far-reaching effects than an exchange of beaver and beads...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Calgary Institute for the Humanities
Otros Autores: Ruggles, Richard I., 1923-, Davis, Richard Clarke, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, 1988.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travel.
Manitoba > Rupert's Land.
Canada > Canadian Northwest.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Descriptions et voyages > Congres.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Histoire > Congres.
Terre de Rupert > Congres.
Northwest, Canadian > Description and travel > Congresses.
Northwest, Canadian > History > Congresses.
Rupert's Land > Congresses.
History.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; Introduction; 1. Beyond the "Furious Over Fall": Map Images of Rupert's Land and the Northwest; 2. Three Worlds, One Focus: Europeans Meet Inuit and Amerindians in the Far North; 3. To Unite the Discoveries: The American Response to the Early Exploration of Rupert's Land; 4. John Franklin and the Fur Trade, 1819-22; 5. "This Rascally & Ungrateful Country": George Nelson's Response to Rupert's Land; 6. Chipewyan and Fur Trader Views of Rupert's Land.

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