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10%OFFRichard S. Mackie - Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 - 9780774806138 - V9780774806138
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Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843

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Description for Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 Paperback. This books examines the Hudson's Bay company exploration efforts beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean from 1793 to 1843 -- which led to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JF; 3JH; KNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the North West and Hudson’s Bay companies extended their operations beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. There they encountered a mild and forgiving climate and abundant natural resources and, with the aid of Native traders, branched out into farming, fishing, logging, and mining. Following its merger with the North West Company in 1821, the Hudson’s Bay Company set up its headquarters at Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River. From there, the company dominated much of the non-Native economy, sending out goods to markets in Hawaii, Sitka, and San Francisco.

Trading ... Read more looks at the years of exploration between 1793 and 1843 leading to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Mackie examines the first stages of economic diversification in this fur trade region and its transformation into a dynamic and distinctive regional economy. He also documents the Hudson’s Bay Company’s employment of Native slaves and labourers in the North West coast region.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774806138
SKU
V9780774806138
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Richard S. Mackie
Richard Somerset Mackie has an MA (Hons) in Mediaeval and Modern History from the University of St. Andrews. He is publisher and editor of The Ormsby Review in Vancouver.

Reviews for Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843
Trading Beyond the Mountains is an overview of the development and expansion of trade by the Hudson’s Bay Company before the establishment of Fort Victoria. Well written and well researched, it is not a history of forts and people, but of HBC policy in the Columbia District and the evolution of its non fur-trade enterprises such as lumber and salmon-fishing. ... Read more

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