The present state of Hudson's Bay. : Containing a full description of that settlement, and the adjacent country; and likewise of the fur trade, with hints for its improvement, &c. &c. To which are added, remarks and observations made in the inland parts, during a residence of near four years; a specimen of five Indian languages; and a journal of a journey from Montreal to New York. / By Edward Umfreville, eleven years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and four years in the Canada fur trade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Umfreville, Edward, approximately 1755-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hudson's Bay Company.

Fur trade--Canada.

Fur trade.

Canada.

Indians of North America--Canada.

Indians of North America.

Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel.

Northwest, Canadian.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- England -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Albany Library (stamp)

Wilson, Helen Godey (bookplate)

Dechert, Robert (donor)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, vii, 230, that is, 226 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Charles Stalker, no. 4, Stationers-Court, Ludgate-Street., MDCCXC.

Notes:

First edition.

Plates include an account of the imports or sales of the Hudson's Bay Company for ten years and a specimen of sundry Indian languages.

Signatures [*]2, a4, A-O8, P2.

Publisher's advertisements: p. [1]-[2] at the end.

OCLC:

1617409