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The Fur Trade Gamble: North West Company on the Pacific Slope, 1800-1820

The Fur Trade Gamble: North West Company on the Pacific Slope, 1800-1820

Jackson, John C.
Keith, H. Lloyd

Paperback

Business General19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 0874223407
ISBN13: 9780874223408
Publisher: Washington St Univ Pr
Published: Mar 25 2016
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Before Hudson's Bay Company domination, two companies attempted large-scale corporate trapping and vied to command Northwest fur trade. On one side were the North West Company's Montreal entrepreneurs, and on the other, American John Jacob Astor and his Pacific Fur Company.

They were businessmen first and explorers second, and their era is a story of grand risk in both lives and capital--a global mercantile initiative in which controlling the mouth of the Columbia River and developing the China market were major prizes. Traversing the world in search of profit, these fur moguls gambled on the price of beaver pelts, purchases of ships and trade goods, international commerce laws, and the effects of war.

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