Author: BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael.
Title: Hudson Bay; or, everyday life in the wilds of North America during six years' residence in the territories of the hon. Hudson Bay Company.
Description: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1912. Original pictorial cloth. With 50 illustrations and plates (several in colours). 367 pp. First published in 1848. - Ballantyne's adventures began in 1841 from York Factory. While he recapitulates much history of the Hudson's Bay Company, he also quotes extensively from the journal he kept during his travels (Graff p.27). A popular account of life in Hudson Bay and the Red River settlement, replete with trappers, Indians, intrepid explorers and travelers, and descriptions of hunting and fishing. Based on the author's experiences as a Hudson's Bay Co. clerk, 1841-47. Cf. Sabin 2952; Wagner-Camp 144a; Arctic Bibliography 1016; TPL 2886.
Keywords: America Pole
Title: Hudson Bay; or, everyday life in the wilds of North America during six years' residence in the territories of the hon. Hudson Bay Company.
Description: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1912. Original pictorial cloth. With 50 illustrations and plates (several in colours). 367 pp. First published in 1848. - Ballantyne's adventures began in 1841 from York Factory. While he recapitulates much history of the Hudson's Bay Company, he also quotes extensively from the journal he kept during his travels (Graff p.27). A popular account of life in Hudson Bay and the Red River settlement, replete with trappers, Indians, intrepid explorers and travelers, and descriptions of hunting and fishing. Based on the author's experiences as a Hudson's Bay Co. clerk, 1841-47. Cf. Sabin 2952; Wagner-Camp 144a; Arctic Bibliography 1016; TPL 2886.
Keywords: America Pole
Price: EUR 44.00 = appr. US$ 47.82 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 37170
- Book number: 37170