Eighteenth-century naturalists of Hudson Bay [[electronic resource] /] / Stuart Houston, Tim Ball, and Mary Houston

• Autore: Houston C. Stuart (Clarence Stuart), <1927->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Disciplina: 508/.092/241
• Soggetto topico: Naturalists - Great Britain; Naturalists - Hudson Bay Region
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HoustonMary BallT. F (Timothy F.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Colour plates; Acknowledgments; Supplementary Natural History Documents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The European Connection; 2 Alexander Light; 3 James Isham; 4 Humphrey Marten; 5 Andrew Graham; 6 Thomas Hutchins; 7 Moses Norton; 8 Samuel Hearne; 9 Peter Fidler; 10 Natural History; 11 Climatology; 12 In striking contrast: Charleston; APPENDICES; Notes; References; Index; A: Sailing Ships to York Factory, 1716-1827; B: Provenance of Hudson's Bay Company Journals; C: The Ten HBC Manuscripts of Graham and Hutchins; D: Ten-Year Cycles ; E: How the HBC Swan Quill and Swan Skin Trade Almost Extirpated the Trumpeter SwanF: How the Canada Goose Got Its Name before There Was a Canada; G: Cree Names for Natural History Species
• Titolo autorizzato: Eighteenth-century naturalists of Hudson Bay
• ISBN: 1-282-85973-0; 9786612859731; 0-7735-6975-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454249203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 34.