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1 Newman, Peter C.: Company of Adventurers : Volume One (1): The Story of the Hudson's Bay Company Softcover, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1987 014010139X / 9780140101393 Very Good-, 1.18 x 7.72 x 5.12 Inches; 608 pages; Some edge wear, a few light spots at top of page ends. Text clean and unmarked. "There has never been a business enterprise like it: at its height, the Hudson's Bay Company's territory covered one-twelfth of the earth's surface and was ten times the size of the Holy Roman Empire. Its domain stretched from London across Canada, down to San Francisco and across the Pacific to Hawaii. Its founders tamed a wilderness, and, in building the world's largest private commercial empire, they shaped the destiny of a continent." Price: 4.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart