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Plan for promoting the fur trade, and securing it to this country, by uniting the operations of the East-India and Hudson's Bay Companys Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808
Description
"A scheme based on Dalrymple's conviction that a northwest passage to the Pacific existed from Repulse Bay. The greater part of the argument concerns geographical discovery and surmise. Contains extracts from the journal of Captain Hanna who visited the northwest coast in the Sea Otter, 1786."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 71-72.
Item Metadata
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Plan for promoting the fur trade, and securing it to this country, by uniting the operations of the East-India and Hudson's Bay Companys
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| Publisher |
London : [publisher not identified]
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| Date Issued |
1789
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| Description |
"A scheme based on Dalrymple's conviction that a northwest passage to the Pacific existed from Repulse Bay. The greater part of the argument concerns geographical discovery and surmise. Contains extracts from the journal of Captain Hanna who visited the northwest coast in the Sea Otter, 1786."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 71-72.
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| Extent |
iv, 32 pages : tables, maps (folded) ; 27.5 cm
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application/pdf
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
Includes bibligraphic references
Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/869166811 |
| Identifier |
spam9316; II-0135
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. spam9316
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| Date Available |
2022-06-17
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
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| Catalogue Record | |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0414223
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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.