| A Country So Interesting: The Hudson's Bay Company and Two Centuries of Mapping, 1670-1870 Contributor(s): Ruggles, Richard I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773538852 ISBN-13: 9780773538856 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historical Geography - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: 912.714 |
| Series: Rupert's Land Record Society |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.8" W x 11.6" (1.85 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In A Country So Interesting Richard Ruggles describes and analyses the mapping activities of more than 160 Company servants and surveyors as well as the contributions of more than 50 Indians and Inuit who drew sketches and provided original configurations. Also included are annotated catalogues of all the maps known to have been produced by the Hudson's Bay Company and sixty-six reproductions of the most important maps and sketches. The Hudson's Bay Company was responsible for the largest collection in North America of manuscript charts and maps related to the fur trade and Ruggles has produced the first and most comprehensive study of this unique and rich body of material. |