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Exploring James Anderson: A Journey through the Adventurous Life of a Company Man

 
Beaver fur was highly prized in Europe, and was a major export of the Hudson's Bay Company
1 of 185 		Coureurs de Bois acted as intermediaries between the French and First Nations groups
2 of 185 		In 1670, King Charles II of England granted a fur trading monopoly in Rupert's Land to the HBC
3 of 185 		Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682), favourite cousin of King Charles II of England
4 of 185 		Rupert's Land consisted of all the land in the Hudson Bay drainage basin
5 of 185 		Beaver felt hat
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Trappers who received permits from the French government were known as voyageurs
7 of 185 		A map showing the districts of the HBC territory as they were defined in 1830
8 of 185 		George Simpson (1787-1860), Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1826-1860)
9 of 185 		James Anderson (1812-1867)
10 of 185 		James Anderson's Letter of Appreciation; framed
11 of 185 		James Anderson's Letter of Appreciation; unframed
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A map showing James Anderson's travels across the continent
13 of 185 		James's brother, Alexander Caulfield Anderson (1814-1884), trader and explorer with the HBC
14 of 185 		James's brother Alexander Caulfield Anderson
15 of 185 		The small post at Hannah Bay, at the south of James Bay, was the site of the massacre in 1832
16 of 185 		The survivors of the Hannah Bay Massacre fled to the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Moose Factory
17 of 185 		Margaret Mackenzie Anderson, wife of James Anderson
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