Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume II. - Couverture souple

McLean, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444413198 ISBN 13 : 9781444413199

Editeur : ValdeBooks, 2025

Synopsis

In this compelling second volume of Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory, John McLean carries the reader deeper into the remote frontiers of nineteenth-century North America. Drawing directly from lived experience, he recounts arduous journeys across Labrador, Ungava, and the vast northern river systems, where survival depended on endurance, diplomacy, and hard-won local knowledge. This volume blends adventure narrative with detailed observation. McLean describes dangerous expeditions through unmapped wilderness, encounters with extreme climates, famine, disease, and near-fatal storms, alongside careful studies of Indigenous peoples, their customs, languages, and ways of life. His reflections on the Esquimaux, Nascopies, and other tribes provide rare firsthand ethnographic insight, while his critiques of company politics expose the tensions, rivalries, and moral contradictions within the fur trade empire. More than a travel memoir, this work is a historical document of exploration, colonial administration, and cultural contact at the edge of the known world. Rich in incident and reflection, Volume II stands as an indispensable record of life, hardship, and change in the Hudson’s Bay Territory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ValdeBooks
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444413198
• ISBN 13: 9781444413199
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 127
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible