Early Trading Companies of New France - A Contribution to the History of Commerce and Discovery in North America
by Biggar, H. P
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About This Item
University of Toronto Library, 1901. Limited First Edition, Numbered 138/600 copies. 4to. 308pp. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter leather with gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt; includes Map of New France (Parts of United States and Canada) 1610-1791, folded at rear of volume. Boards have moderate chipping to spine and bumping to corners; text block is clean; map has minor creasing along folds. Biggar, a Canadian archivist and historian, here presents a thoroughly researched account of the early trading companies of New France with content dating from 1497 to 1632. .
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- Early Trading Companies of New France - A Contribution to the History of Commerce and Discovery in North America
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- Biggar, H. P
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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