Trading beyond the Mountains. The British fur trade in the Pacific, 1793-1843
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- Author(s) Mackie, Richard S
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1997
- Pages 420pp; illus
- Publisher University of British Columbia Press
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account dealing with the Hudson's Bay Co's commercial development of the west coast of North America to a point of domination. Initially based on furs, its trade diversified into salmon, timber, livestock, etc, etc, with output being processed at the Company's local depots. Initially centered on Fort Vancouver [later known as Portland, Oregon)