1800s Frontier Trade Collector Guide Trapper Indian Etc

Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. TRW-2009-9780976579748-WH3 The Great Northwest Fur Trade 1763-1850 (Western Frontier) by Ryan Gale ISBN:9780976579748 Book Title:The Great Northwest Fur Trade: A Material Culture, 1763-1850 Author:Ryan R. Gale Binding:Soft Cover Copyright:2009 Pages:169 Size:10.88 x 8.5 in. A comprehensive guide to the material culture of the British, Canadian, and American fur traders and American Indians between 1763 and 1850. Brimming with full colored photographs of original artifacts, drawings and paintings. Chapters include: The Native Americans The Trade Transportation The Voyageurs The Officers Diet and Health The Forts Winter Conflict Glossary A variety of trade goods are examined and discussed such as firearms, ammunition, beads, blankets, silver, tools, kettles, cutlery, tobacco, and more! Includes an in-depth look at the canoes, boats, and ships that transported men, furs, and trade goods between Europe and the North American interior. Learn about the voyageurs and officers, what they wore, the tools they used, their arms, and what few personal items they brought with them into the interior. The voyageurs' and officers' diet is examined in detail as well as their cooking and eating utensils and medical practices. Artifacts and paintings from dozens of private collectors, museums, and institutes are included such as the Hudson's Bay Company collection, Museum of the Fur Trade, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Grand Portage National Park, Fort Michilimackinac, Royal Ontario Museum, and more! The many artifacts are complimented by the fur traders' and other period observers' own words, gleaned from a score of original journals, books, and official company records. Extensively footnoted with bibliography and glossary of fur trade terminology. This book is a must have for the fur trade historian, re-enactor, collector, and artist. Landscape format, full color photos and illustrations up to 22" across-the-gutter, by author and photographer Ryan R. Gale. 2009 (Categorical generated 2024-11-20) aded8a993eb74bd3e2f13f55c76d4e7f

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