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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Early United States, 1790
A map of the United States in 1790 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, and the British and Spanish possessions and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine...
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1765
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1765 after the French and Indian War, as defined by the Treaty of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, and the Royal Orders of 1764-1767. The map shows the British Colonies on the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1775
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1775, before the outbreak of hostilities during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows the boundaries of the British Colonies along the Atlantic, the Proclamation Line of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783
A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The San Juan Boundary, 1883
A map of the Puget Sound area of North America showing the area of the boundary dispute between British Columbia and the United States. The San Juan Boundary was the source of a military conflict between the US and British North America....
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Etc: Maps Etc: French Posts and Forts in Louisiana and New France, 1754
A map of North America showing the French posts and forts at the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754) between the French and the British. The map is color-coded to show the territorial claims of the British, French, and Spanish...
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Manitoba Historical Society: The York Boat
Including two pictures of York Boats, this Manitoba Historical Society web page provides interesting information on the genesis of the York Boat, and how the Hudson's Bay Company employees and agents, familiar with boats used in Orkney...
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Manitoba Historical Society: The York Boat
Including two pictures of York Boats, this Manitoba Historical Society web page provides interesting information on the genesis of the York Boat, and how the Hudson's Bay Company employees and agents, familiar with boats used in Orkney...
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Red River Census, 1834
A digitized reprint of the Red River Settlement's census in 1834 is presented in this National Library of Canada website. This census includes all immigrants from the original land grant given to Lord Selkirk and under control of the...
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Photograph: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820) was a Scottish aristocrat, land baron, author, and member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords. Douglas was concerned about the poverty he saw in the Scottish Highlands where property-less...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, (17 December 1619 - 29 November 1682), soldier, inventor and amateur artist in mezzotint. He was a soldier from a young age, fighting...
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Classic Reader: Conjuror's House by Stewart Edward White
Read the full text of the novel "Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free Forest" by Stewart Edward White which loosely based on the Hudson Bay Trading Company.
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Graphical Element: Trading Ceremony at York Factory
Native groups were important in the fur trade. Furs would be collected through trapping and trade before being taken to the trading posts in early summer.