[PDF.98vl] Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson's Bay Company and Territorial Endeavour in Western Canada

The Hudson’s Bay Company was one of the great merchant companies. Granted sole trading rights to a huge part what is now Canada they were coerced in the mid nineteenth century to set up a colonial administration on Vancouver Island to protect British interests at a time of growing expansionism from America to the south and possible threats from a Russian Alaska to the north. Company, Crown and Colony tells the story of the challenges they faced. Draw...

You easily download any file type for your device.Company, Crown and Colony: The Hudson's Bay Company and Territorial Endeavour in Western Canada   |  Stephen A. Royle. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.