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An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

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Beaver at the Equator

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 10, 2024 "Headquarters", London Ship

The Steamer Beaver, and its accompanying ship the Columbia, sailed over the Equator for the second time on this journey: this time from the south to the northern hemisphere. It…

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Beaver in the Pacific

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 3, 2024 "Headquarters", London Ship
Beaver in the Pacific

This title will confuse people who may think there are beaver in the Pacific Ocean, but that is not so. In this series we are following the course of the…

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Thomas Lowe at the Sandwich Islands

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 19, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe at the Sandwich Islands

In this post of the series on Thomas Lowe’s journey in the London Ship, Vancouver, he will reach the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]. Or at least I hope he will. Let’s…

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Thomas Lowe sails the South Pacific

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 6, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe sails the South Pacific

At last, as you can see from the last post of this series, Thomas Lowe has sailed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, rounding Cape Horn during its summer…

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