Category: History Publisher: Heritage House
ISBN-10: 1926936094
Pages: 144
Copyright: 2011
ISBN-13: 9781926936093
Price: $7.99 (eBook)
Shipwreck tales from the huge fleet of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Since the 17th century, hundreds of ships have sailed in the Hudson's Bay Company's fur-trade fleet, servicing far-flung and ice-choked northern posts, braving the wild rapids of mighty rivers and even battling their way around the tip of South America to open up trade on the west coast of North America. During these arduous voyages into treacherous and often uncharted waters, many of these ships and their courageous crews came to grief. Here are the dramatic stories of the legendary ships Nascopie, Bayeskimo, Bayrupert, Baychimo and many more that proudly flew the flag of Canada's oldest company.
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The hurricane bore down on the ship with ominous precision, tossing her around like a toy. She rolled from side to side and from end to end, the wind shrieking across her deck and blasting her bridge.
The authors of Savannah: Brokers, Bankers and Bay Lane: Inside the Slave Trade (Civil War Savannah), received the 2012 Award for Excellence in Research from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The Award was issued by then Georgia Secretary