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 InfoMontreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Descriptionxviii, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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SeriesMcGill-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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-318) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007534555
ISBN0773522859 (bound)
ISBN9780773522855 (bound)

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