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James Isham's Observations on Hudsons Bay, 1743 and Notes and Observations on a book entitled A Voyage To Hudsons Bay In The Dobbs Galley, 1749. [By Henry Ellis].

Toronto. Published by the Champlain Society, for The Hudson's Bay Record Society. 1949. 24cm, cv,352p. appendices, with 19 illustrations, limited edition, this being #1195, original blue cloth, t.e.g., a fine copy. (Ar). Item #40324

T.P.L. 4705. "Isham's observations are not primarily concerned with the fur trade. Indeed as a serious guide to the practical merchants of the Hudson's Bay Company, they had grave defects, but they are a mine of interesting information to the historian, anthropologist and naturalist..."

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