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Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s involvement in scientific networks during the company’s two-hundred year chartered monopoly.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
- “Enlightened Zeal”: An Introduction
Part I: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science, 1670-1821
“A Profound Secret”: The Adventurers and the Fellows from the 1660s to 1768 “Desirous to Encourage Science”: The Transit of Venus of 1769 and the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Collaboration with the Royal Society, 1768-1774 “Amends for the Narrow Prejudices”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science in an Era of Competitive Expansion, 1774-1821 Part II: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science, 1821-1870
“Benevolent Intentions”: The Hudson’s Bay Company, the Royal Navy, and the Search for the Northwest Passage: 1818-1855 “The Liberal Spirit”: David Douglas, Edinburgh, and the Douglas Legacy, 1823-1870: 1824-1870 “Disinterested Kindness”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and North American Scientists, 1821-1859 “Knowing the Liberal Disposition”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Smithsonian Institution, 1855-68 Epilogue
Conclusion
Bibliography
Illustrations and captions for Illustrations
Notes
About the author
By Ted Binnema
Summary
Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s involvement in scientific networks during the company’s two-hundred year chartered monopoly.
