Item #M10882 Assinniboine & Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition. Geological Map of A Portion of Rupert's Land. Henry Y. Hind.

Assinniboine & Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition. Geological Map of A Portion of Rupert's Land.

Toronto: Maclear & Co.Lith. 1859. Notes: Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land to the Pacific coast in December 1821. It was established to be a commercial monopoly by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), and operated for 200 years from 1670 to 1870. Its namesake was Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who was a nephew of Charles I and the first Governor of HBC.
The areas formerly belonging to Rupert's Land lie mostly within what is today Canada, and included the whole of Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, southern Alberta, southern Nunavut, and northern parts of Ontario and Quebec., Size : 388x522 (mm), 15.28x20.55 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada Midwest Saskatchewan; Maps Geological;. Very Good. Item #M10882

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