Narrative and Critical History of America, Volume 8Justin Winsor Houghton, Mifflin, 1889 |
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... London would reach it by the homeward - bound ship . It was known that the goods of all kinds purchased by the company for the Indian traffic were largely of an inferior sort . Some were manufactured for the purpose ; some were damaged ...
... London would reach it by the homeward - bound ship . It was known that the goods of all kinds purchased by the company for the Indian traffic were largely of an inferior sort . Some were manufactured for the purpose ; some were damaged ...
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... London . There were great variations in the prices . Thus , in 1839 , 55,486 beaver skins brought £ 76,312 . But in 1846 , 45,389 brought only £ 7,856 . Of an average revenue of £ 200,000 , the profits beyond expenses were £ 110,000 ...
... London . There were great variations in the prices . Thus , in 1839 , 55,486 beaver skins brought £ 76,312 . But in 1846 , 45,389 brought only £ 7,856 . Of an average revenue of £ 200,000 , the profits beyond expenses were £ 110,000 ...
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... ( London , 1744 ) , 2 which was written in very earnest support of the probability of a northwest passage , and in advocacy of renewed efforts to search for it . Parliament had offered a reward of £ 20,000 to whoever might discover it ...
... ( London , 1744 ) , 2 which was written in very earnest support of the probability of a northwest passage , and in advocacy of renewed efforts to search for it . Parliament had offered a reward of £ 20,000 to whoever might discover it ...
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... ( London , 1748 ) . The very intelligent , able , and candid author of this volume was an earnest believer in the ... ( London , 1749 ) ; and A Short State of the Countries and Trade of North America claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company ...
... ( London , 1748 ) . The very intelligent , able , and candid author of this volume was an earnest believer in the ... ( London , 1749 ) ; and A Short State of the Countries and Trade of North America claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company ...
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... ( London , 1752 ) .1 The author shows that positive obstructions , bugbears , and prohibitions were used to prevent all efforts for penetrating into the country and using the facilities of the water- ways . He himself made such efforts ...
... ( London , 1752 ) .1 The author shows that positive obstructions , bugbears , and prohibitions were used to prevent all efforts for penetrating into the country and using the facilities of the water- ways . He himself made such efforts ...
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Página 121 - Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal ; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition in 1850-51.
Página 107 - NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS.
Página 111 - Reasons to shew, that there is a great Probability of a Navigable Passage to the Western American Ocean, through Hudson's Streights, and Chesterfield Inlet...
Página 122 - To which is added an Account of her being fallen in with by an American Whaler, after her abandonment in Barrow Straits, and of her presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of the United States. By GEOEGE F.
Página 78 - A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America, since the Connexion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company...
Página 5 - London ; have, at their own great cost and charges, undertaken an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the north-west part of America, for the discovery of a new passage into the South Sea, and for the finding some trade for furs, minerals and other considerable commodities...
Página 142 - Soldiers! You are amply provided for war. You are superior in number to the enemy. Your personal strength and activity are greater. Your weapons are longer. The? regular soldiers of the enemy are generally old men, whose best years have been spent in the sickly climate of the West Indies. They will not be able to stand before you. when you charge with the bayonet.
Página 498 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Página 107 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Página 168 - A Review of the Government and Grievances of the Province of Quebec, since the Conquest of it by the British Arms, with extracts from Authentic Papers, half morocco Lond.