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03016aam a2200457 i 4500 001 59986754DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 200217t20202011nyuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781350165649 020 $a 1350165646 035 $a (OCoLC)1140722526 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HIR $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-cn--- $a e-uk--- $a n-cn--- 050 04 $a F1089.V3 $b R78 2011 100 1 $a Royle, Stephen A. $q (Stephen Arthur), $e author. 245 10 $a Company, crown and colony : $b the Hudson's Bay Company and territorial endeavour in western Canada / $c Stephen Royle. 246 30 $a Hudson's Bay Company and territorial endeavour in western Canada 264 1 $a London : $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2020. 300 $a 304 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-296) and index. 505 0 $a Companies, colonialism and frontiers in the new world -- Settlement and society of Vancouver Island Colony -- Indigenous peoples and the Hudson's Bay Company on Vancouver Island -- The economy of Vancouver Island Colony -- Company, crown and governors -- The Hudson's Bay Company governance of Vancouver Island -- Vancouver Island, western Canada and the outside world -- Conclusion: Company, colony, island and frontier. 520 $a Trading companies played a vital role in colonial endeavour. The great English, Dutch and French merchant companies took the risks of trade and travel in a dangerous world, opening up trading routes to the Farthest corners of the globe. The Hudson's Bay Company was just such an enterprise. Established under a charter granted by Charles II in 1670, with Prince Rupert, the king's cousin, as one of its directors, the company was granted 4m square kilometres of what was to become Canada, over which huge territory they were given sole trading rights. 610 20 $a Hudson's Bay Company $x History $y 19th century. 600 10 $a Douglas, James, $d 1803-1877. 600 17 $a Douglas, James, $d 1803-1877 $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00019414 610 27 $a Hudson's Bay Company $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00546926 651 0 $a Vancouver Island (B.C.) $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $x Administration $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Northwest, Canadian $x History $y 19th century. 651 6 $a Vancouver, Ile de (C.-B.) $x Histoire $y 19e siecle. 651 6 $a Grande-Bretagne $x Histoire $x Administration $x Histoire $y 19e siecle. 650 7 $a British colonies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01910374 650 7 $a Colonies $x Administration $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00868457 651 7 $a British Columbia $z Vancouver Island $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01209312 651 7 $a Canada $z Canadian Northwest $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242540 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517011349.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59986754DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search