A country so interesting: the Hudson's Bay Company and two centuries of mapping, 1670-1870
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Main Author: Ruggles, Richard I. 1923-2008 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press © 1991
Series:Rupert's Land Record Society series 2
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index
Description of maps and charts made by the Hudson's Bay Company in northern and western Canada, chiefly based on the Company Archives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Numerous plates, lists of maps, glossary of terms
Part one: Introduction. 1 Mapping Policy and Records -- 2 The Explorers and Map Makers -- 3 Field and Office Methods and Equipment -- 4 Company Procedures in the Operation of Policy
Part two : Investigating a Country so Interesting. 5 London Chart Makers, 1669 to the Late 1720s -- 6 The Initiation of Com pany Mapping: The Late 1720s to 1754 -- 7 Mapping Rivers and Barren Grounds Inland, 1754-1778 -- 8 Mapping Inland from the Bay and Over to Athabasca, 1778-1794 -- 9 Mapping to the Columbia and Behind the Eastmain, 1795-1821 -- 10 Mapping Rupert's Land, the Mackenzie Basin, and the Arctic Shore, 1821-1849 -- 1 Mapping West of the Mountains, 1821-1849 -- 2 Pemberton and the Colony of Vancouver's Island, 1849-1859 -- 13 Exploration and Mapping in the Northwest and the Establishment of Company Land Claims, 1849-1859 -- 14 Mapping Company Land Claims and Exploring Inland Routes, 1859-1870 110 -- Afterward
Part three : Plates -- Part four : Catalogues. A Manuscript Maps (1670-1870) in the Hudson's Bay Company Archives -- B Hudson's Bay Company Manuscript Maps (1670-1870) in Archives other than the Hudson's Bay Company Archives -- C Hudson's Bay Company Manuscript Maps (1670-1870) Not Located
Part five : Appendices, Gloosary, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 1 The Hudson's Bay Company -- 2 General Characteristics of the Cartographic Records -- 3 General Inventory of the Hudson's Bay Company Map Archives -- 4 The Catalogues of the Hudson's Bay Company Cartographic Collection
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 300 pages)
ISBN:0773506780
0773506799
0773561889
0921206062
1299485375
9780773506787
9780773506794
9780773561885
9780921206064
9781299485372

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