George Simpson : blaze of glory /
Lahey, Dale,1933-
Toronto : Dundurn Press,
c2011.
Born in Scotland and trained as a sugar broker in London, England, Sir George Simpson (1792-1860) was unexpectedly appointed in 1820 as governor of Rupert's Land and the Indian territories, an area encompassing all of Canada from Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean. By his friendliness of manner, strict discipline, and vigorous and constant travel, he brought peace and prosperity to the vast empire under his control.
Simpson's explorations opened Canada from Labrador to British Columbia and from Yukon to Nunavut. He was knighted in 1841, then travelled around the world, predicting the fall of California to the United States, saving the Hawaiians from colonial occupation, and describing the mysteries of remotest Siberia. --Book Jacket.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. [247]-252.
Born in Scotland and trained as a sugar broker in London, England, Sir George Simpson (1792-1860) was unexpectedly appointed in 1820 as governor of Rupert's Land and the Indian territories, an area encompassing all of Canada from Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean. By his friendliness of manner, strict discipline, and vigorous and constant travel, he brought peace and prosperity to the vast empire under his control.
Simpson's explorations opened Canada from Labrador to British Columbia and from Yukon to Nunavut. He was knighted in 1841, then travelled around the world, predicting the fall of California to the United States, saving the Hawaiians from colonial occupation, and describing the mysteries of remotest Siberia. --Book Jacket.
Dingwall : search for Scottish origins -- London : this youth is just come from the highlands -- Rupert's land : war in the Athabasca -- Red River : recall your memory to that summer -- columbia : "a spirit of enterprize" -- Marriage : many tender ties -- "Character book" : the strangest man I ever knew -- Diplomacy : as if awakened from a dream -- Rupert's land : everything is in extremes -- California : nature doing every thing, man doing nothing -- Sandwich Islands : "by the sweat of their brows" -- Siberia : "they looked as if actually afloat" -- Glow of power : riding with the emperor -- Last years : the polite old English gentleman.
Simpson, George, Sir, 1786 or 1787-1860.
Simpson, George, Sir, 1792?-1860.
Simpson, George, Sir, 1786 or 1787-1860.
Simpson, George (Kaufmann)
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson
Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson
Hudson's Bay Company.
Fur trade
Fourrures
Discoveries in geography.
Fur trade.
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