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3 unusual facts about Asleep by the frozen sea


Asleep by the frozen sea

In 1747 he returned to England and became involved with Arthur Dobbs and his attack on the HBC.

The HBC established six posts on Hudson Bay: on James Bay: Rupert House (1668,southeast), Moose Factory (1673,south) and Fort Albany, Ontario (1679,west); and on the western shore of Hudson Bay proper: Fort Severn (1689), York Factory (1684) and Fort Churchill (1717).

About this time Arthur Dobbs began agitating to have the HBC move inland and find the northwest passage.



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