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The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia (formerly New Caledonia), (1660 to 1880) - Couverture rigide
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Yet, if any set of individuals ought to be familiar with the early history of British Columbia, it must surely be the members of that trading corporation, whose immediate predecessors discovered and kept under sway more than half of its territory. Ab uno disce omnes. This apparently unaccountable ignorance shall be our excuse for offering the present volume to the kind appreciation of Canadian and other readers. The originality of the material of which it is mainly composed and the novelty of the scenes it records have, in our humble opinion, rendered it imperative that we should enter into details and tarry on minor facts which, under other circumstances, might well have been passed over with a brief mention. We have aimed at giving a faithful picture of the times, persons and places of which we have written. The reader will judge of the degree of success which our efforts have met with. It is hardly necessary to mention that none of the letters and other manuscript documents we quote from was written with a view to meet the critical eyes of modern readers. Therefore it is but fair to remark that, out of consideration and regard for the proprieties of grammar and orthography, we have occasionally taken slight liberties though as seldom as possible with the recorded utterances of the Hudson s Bay Company and other writers, while religiously conserving their sense or meaning. Had it not been for the courtesy of Mr. A. C. Murray, the gentleman in charge of Fort St. James, on Stuart Lake, this little work could never have been made what it is. For the generous access he gave us to all the old papers, iv.
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- ÉditeurWentworth Press
- Date d'édition2016
- ISBN 10 1363022814
- ISBN 13 9781363022816
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages430
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