Radisson and des Groseilliers were French explorers and fur traders. Their discoveries led to the creation of the Hudson Bay Company, Canada's oldest corporation and one of the oldest merchant companies in the world.
Record details
ISBN:0778724581 (pb)
ISBN:0778724220 (rlb)
ISBN:9780778724582 (pb)
ISBN:9780778724223 (rlb)
Physical Description:32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm. print
Publisher:New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2006.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Coureurs de bois -- French settlement -- Young adventurers -- Partnership -- Winter in the North -- Success in Hudson Bay -- Expedition -- Life at sea -- Native life -- Two worlds meet -- After the expedition -- HBC -- Lasting impression.
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