Eighteenth-century naturalists of Hudson Bay / Stuart Houston, Tim Ball, and Mary Houston.
| Author/creator | Houston, C. Stuart, 1927- |
| Other author | Ball, T. F. (Timothy F.) |
| Other author | Houston, Mary. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, |
| Description | xviii, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 34 |
| Contents | The European connection -- Alexander Light -- James Isham -- Humphrey Marten -- Andrew Graham -- Thomas Hutchins -- Moses Norton -- Samuel Hearne -- Peter Fidler -- Natural history -- Climatology -- In striking contrast: Charleston -- Appendices -- Sailing ships to York factory, 1716-1827 -- Provenance of Hudson's Bay Company journals / Deidre A. Simmons -- The ten HBC manuscripts of Graham and Hutchins / Stuart and Mary Houston -- Ten-year cycles / Stuart Houston -- How the HBC swan quill and swan skin trade almost extirpated the Trumpeter Swan / Stuart Houston, Mary Houston, and Henry M. Reeves -- How the Canada Goose got its name before there was a Canada / Stuart Houston -- Cree names for natural history species / Stuart Houston, Mary Houston, and Arok Wolvengrey. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-318) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007534555 |
| ISBN | 0773522859 (bound) |
| ISBN | 9780773522855 (bound) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |