Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America by... - 9781108041362

Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of AmericaEffected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the Years 18361839\nAuthor(s): Thomas Simpson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108041362, 978-1108041362\nSynopsis\nIn 1829, Thomas Simpson [tel], born in Dingwall, Scotland, joined the fur-trading Hudson's Bay Company. Under its auspices, he was the junior officer of a successful survey expedition along the North-West Passage, beyond the limits of Franklin's disastrous [tel] attempt. The Royal Geographical Society awarded Simpson their Founder's Medal; however the Company refused his request immediately to lead an expedition further east along the coast. Simpson, ambitious and furious, set out for London, hoping to secure approval there, but before he reached the Atlantic, he was shot in the head. The men who had accompanied him alleged that he went mad, and killed two of them.