Aboriginal Map of North America denoting the Boundaries and the Locations of various Indian Tribes. (1857)

Files

http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/maps/image/449.jpg

Title

Aboriginal Map of North America denoting the Boundaries and the Locations of various Indian Tribes. (1857)

Subject

Hudson's Bay Company. <br>North America -- Maps <br>Indians of North America -- Maps

Description

1 map: hand col., 48 x 58 cm. <br>The Hudson's Bay Company had grown from being a small fur company to a powerful monopoly which held exclusive trade rights throughout western Canada. This maps comes from a British Parliamentary Committee report on the Hudson's Bay Company which resulted in the HBC being stripped of their exclusive rights in south central Canada (in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), with the land being turned over to Canada for settlement.

Creator

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company.

Source

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries

Publisher

[London : s.n.]

Date

1857

Contributor

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Rights

Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691

Relation

Is found in Report from the Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company : together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index : communicated from the Commons to the Lords : ordered to be printed 17th August 1857.

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Maps

Identifier

wsu 562 <br> 979.514 G798r

Coverage

North America

Citation

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company., “Aboriginal Map of North America denoting the Boundaries and the Locations of various Indian Tribes. (1857),” Digital Exhibits, accessed May 18, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/2053.