Project Gutenberg 2022-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 254 Laut, Agnes C. 1871 1936 Laut, Agnes Christina Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2) $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western states $aCanada :$bThe Musson Book Company Limited,$c1908. Fiona Holmes, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries. "The Conquest of the Great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2)" by Agnes C. Laut is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work chronicles the adventures of the Hudson's Bay Company, detailing the expansive fur trade and exploration of the Canadian Northwest and Western States. Laut’s narrative promises to uncover the tumultuous history of the adventurers who ventured into uncharted territories and navigated the complexities of early North American trade, showcasing the exploits of notable figures like Henry Hudson and Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville. At the start of the book, the author sets the stage for the voyages of Henry Hudson, recounting his obsession with discovering a passage across the Pole and the motivations behind his explorations. The narrative describes Hudson's crew and their perilous journey through uncharted waters, facing the harsh realities of ice-strewn seas and the unknown challenges of Arctic exploration. Throughout these early chapters, Laut captures the tension between dreamers and practical men, highlighting Hudson's indomitable spirit amid the struggles with nature and his ultimately flawed pursuit of glory in the harsh wilderness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/conquestofgreatn0000laut/page/n11/ 20220811022913laut 1908 CA Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Hudson's Bay Company Northwest, Canadian Hudson Bay -- History F1001 Text Category: Adventure Category: History - Other 643408 2025-07-27T12:25:20.933121 text/html 615680 2024-10-19T02:54:23 text/html 2371045 2025-07-27T12:25:30.114059 application/epub+zip 2366804 2025-07-27T12:25:22.887105 application/epub+zip 391684 2025-07-27T12:25:21.837110 application/epub+zip 2610425 2025-07-27T12:25:35.541066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2551736 2025-07-27T12:25:29.211093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 585699 2025-07-27T12:25:19.662103 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 565449 2024-10-19T02:54:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16537 2025-07-27T12:25:35.708024 application/rdf+xml 11431 2025-07-27T12:25:22.064096 image/jpeg 1814 2025-07-27T12:25:21.949111 image/jpeg 2282273 2025-07-27T12:25:21.045130 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia