04725nam 2200649Ia 450 991082404560332120200520144314.01-299-48537-50-7735-6188-9(CKB)2550000001020586(EBL)3332598(SSID)ssj0000876950(PQKBManifestationID)11446552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000876950(PQKBWorkID)10906966(PQKB)11279514(Au-PeEL)EBL3332598(CaPaEBR)ebr10694149(CaONFJC)MIL479787(OCoLC)923238833(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/q04gnb(MiAaPQ)EBC3332598(EXLCZ)99255000000102058619910722d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA country so interesting the Hudson's Bay Company and two centuries of mapping, 1670-1870 /Richard I. Ruggles1st ed.Montreal ;Buffalo McGill-Queen's University Pressc19911 online resource (xix, 300 pages) mapsRupert's Land Record Society series ;2Description based upon print version of record.0-7735-3885-2 0-7735-0678-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index.""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Location Maps and Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Foreword to the Paperback Edition""; ""PART ONE: INTRODUCTION""; ""1 Mapping Policy and Records""; ""2 The Explorers and Map Makers""; ""3 Field and Office Methods and Equipment""; ""4 Company Procedures in the Operation of Policy""; ""PART TWO: INVESTIGATING A COUNTRY SO INTERESTING""; ""5 London Chart Makers, 1669 to the Late 1720's""; ""6 The Initiation of Company Mapping: The Late 1720's to 1754""; ""7 Mapping Rivers and Barren Grounds Inland, 1754-1778""""8 Mapping Inland from the Bay and Over to Athabasca, 1778-1794""""9 Mapping to the Columbia and Behind the Eastmain, 1795-1821""; ""10 Mapping Rupert's Land, the Mackenzie Basin, and the Arctic Shore, 1821-1849""; ""11 Mapping West of the Mountains, 1821-1849""; ""12 Pemberton and the Colony of Vancouver's Island, 1849-1859""; ""13 Exploration and Mapping in the Northwest and the Establishment of Company Land Claims, 1849-1859""; ""14 Mapping Company Land Claims and Exploring Inland Routes, 1859-1870""; ""Afterword""; ""PART THREE: PLATES""; ""PART FOUR: CATALOGUES""""A Manuscript Maps (1670-1870) in the Hudson's Bay Company Archives"" ""B Hudson's Bay Company Manuscript Maps (1670-1870) in Archives Other than the Hudson's Bay Company Archives""; ""C Hudson's Bay Company Manuscript Maps (1670-1870) Not Located""; ""PART FIVE: APPENDICES, GLOSSARY, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND INDEX""; ""1 The Hudson's Bay Company""; ""2 General Characteristics of the Cartographic Records""; ""3 General Inventory of the Hudson's Bay Company Map Archives""; ""4 The Catalogues of the Hudson's Bay Company Cartographic Collection""""5 Procedure for Obtaining Latitude on Land by Measuring the Double Meridian Altitude of the Sun""" "6 Procedure for Obtaining Longitude by Using the Method of Lunar Distances""; ""7 Persons Who Prepared Hudson's Bay Company Maps or Charts, 1670-1870""; ""8 Hudson's Bay Company Employees or Other Non-Native Persons Who Provided Sketches or Descriptions for Maps Prepared by Peter Fidler""; ""9 Native Persons Who Provided Sketches or Descriptions for Maps Prepared by Peter Fidler and Philip Turnor""; ""10 Native Persons Who Drafted Maps""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""A vital part of A Country So Interesting are the annotated catalogues of all the maps known to have been produced by the Hudson's Bay Company: 838 maps and 557 sketches. While most are in the Company's archives in Manitoba, Ruggles has tracked down maps in other collections, particularly in various libraries in London, England. Also included are sixty-six reproductions of the most important maps and map details.Rupert's Land Record Society SeriesCartographyCanadaCanadaHistorical geographyMapsCanadaHistorical geographyMapsCatalogsCartography912.7Ruggles Richard I.1923-1117916MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824045603321A country so interesting4073162UNINA