Observations on Hudson's-Bay, 1775.

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Observations on Hudson's-Bay, 1775.

1775

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4764549

Bound manuscript containing information on the natural history of Hudson's Bay, Native Americans, administration of the Hudson's Bay Company, trading practices, and explorations. Specific topics include climate, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, flora, fossils, trade and produce, trading procedures with Native American tribes, European settlers in Hudson's Bay, text of the original Hudson Bay Company charter, attempts to discover the Northwest Passage, and thermometer readings at several Hudson's Bay forts, 1769-1775. A five page index is at back. Accompanied by an incomplete holograph note by George Catlin concerning the volume's authorship and provenance.

1 v. (174 p.) ; 38 cm.

eng, Latn

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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Hutchins, Thomas, fl. 1774-1775.

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