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  • The Swiss Emigration to the Red River Settlement in 1821 and Its Subsequent Exodus to the United States
    Antoine De Courten
    Everything went wrong. Having crossed the Atlantic for about 3 months and getting stuck in the ice of Hudson’s Strait for another three weeks, the band of Swiss emigrants had to row with great hardship up the Hayes River over some 6o portages, and cross Lake Winnipeg in its full length. Arriving starved, exhausted, and deprived of their belongings at the Red River Settlement ...
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    74,03 €

  • A Diary of Lord Selkirk’s Expedition on the Banks of the Red River 1816-1817
    Antoine De Courten
    Canada in 1816. The British Empire has vanquished Napoleon, but at what cost! England, completely drained, seeks other avenues of sustenance for its impoverished people. It is within this context that the Scottish Lord Selkirk sends settlers and former soldiers of the Meuron and de Watteville regiments to reinforce his colony by the Red River, nowadays Winnipeg, Manitoba. The d...
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    60,35 €

  • Canada 1812-1814
    Antoine De Courten
    Did you know that it was the U.S. Congress who declared 'Mr. Madison’s War' on Britain in 1812? ...
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    65,55 €