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Captain McNeill and His Wife the Nishga Chief, 1803-1850
Robin Percival Smith
其他書名
From Boston Fur Trader to Hudson's Bay Company Trader
出版Hancock House, 2001
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / GeneralHistory / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867)History / Military / NavalHistory / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Canadian Studies
ISBN08883947219780888394729
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QMURAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The historical recount of the life and times of Captain McNeill, a long-standing captain in the pioneering days of the fur trade. McNeill was the captain of the Honourable Hudson's Bay steam ship SS Beaver.The historical recount of the life and times of Captain McNeill, a long-standing captain in the pioneering days of the fur trade. McNeill was the captain of the Honourable Hudson's Bay steam ship SS Beaver. William McNeill was born in Boston in 1803. At eleven years old, he chose a life at sea, and began gaining his experience to rise to the rank of master of a vessel, which required skill in mathematics and an understanding of the cosmos for navigation. William was a red-head, tall and heavy set. His temper was on a short fuse and, when threatened, he was aggressive in his action, impetuous, blusterous and a little given to exaggeration. He was not fond of waiting to see how things might turn out. William was probably first mate at fifteen years of age on the brigantine Paragon and a master mariner at twenty-one. By the time he joined the Hudson's Bay Company, he was a competent and experienced master mariner and fur trader. Follow his historical immigration to Canada to become one of the most feared and serviceable trading captains of the Honorable Hudson's Bay Co.