Kanada ühiskond ja kultuur/Society and Culture of Canada
crew - but he managed to explore the area of Hudson Bay and James Bay. Mutineers cast Hudson and his son and
seven others adrift in a small boat and were never seen again.
The Hudson's Bay Company is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence,
today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada and the United States.
Established by Médart Chouart des Groseilliers and Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The two partners traveled far inland in
search of furs. They were told about the great supply of beaver in the north near Hudson Bay. Failed to find
French support, went to England and interested Prince Rupert, cousin of Charles II. It was given all the land
whose rivers drained into the Hudson Bay, which became known as Rupert's Land. HBC was formed in 1670, and
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