An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747
An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747
An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747
An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747
An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747

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An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747

ROBSON, Joseph

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Joseph Robson was surveyor and supervisor of the buildings of the Hudson's Bay Compay. As a long resident of the north, he had an intimate knowledge of HBC land and personnel, and was able to comment on the HBC's failure to promote fishing and mining enterprises and to explore and settle the interior. Appendix 1 is based on the unpublished journal of Groseillier's expedition to the Bay in 1668-69. Sabin 72259. Field 1312. Graff 3532. Streeter Sale VI, 3648.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: J. Payne and J. Bouquet
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Date Published: 1752
  • Place Published: London
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    vi, 84, 95 p. 20 cm. Fold-out frontispiece map of Nelson & Hayes's Rivers, fold-out map of Churchill River, fold-out diagram of York and Prince of Wales's Forts. Full leather, respined. Original endpapers were recycled and print shows through from opposite sides. Some scuffs and worn corners. Ink initials on front endpapers. Some browning to edges of first map and faint stain to edge of title. Some foxing to rear endpapers and chip to bottom of rear free.

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