Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration. Second edition.
Published by A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1806
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In-8 de VII-232-LXI pp., cartonnage de l'époque. Deuxième édition (édition originale en 1805). Thomas Douglas (1771-1820) cinquième comte de Selkirk, séjourna dans les Highlands où il découvre le sort des fermiers sans terre. Il envisagea dès lors deux projets de colonisation à Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario), l'autre à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Le projet ontarien ne vit pas le jour mais en 1803, des navires transportèrent des immigrants écossais à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Malgré la critique du ministère des Colonies de la Grande-Bretagne et de la Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, son livre connut un vif succès et fit de Selkirk une célébrité.Voyageant en Amérique du Nord, entre Halifax, Boston, Montréal et Toronto, Douglas revint en 1808 sur une proposition qu'il avait faite six ans auparavant visant à établir une colonie à la rivière Rouge. Suite aux problèmes financiers de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson qui était propriétaire du territoire, Selkirk signa en 1811 un accord qui stipulait qu'en échange de l'établissement d'une colonie la compagnie vendait à Selkirk 116 000 milles carrés de terres pour 10 shillings.Ex-libris manuscrit à l'encre du temps « T. Guillemard » sur le titre.Sabin 20704 ; Kress B5113 ; John Morgan Gray, Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, V, pp. 289-295.…
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- Title
- Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration. Second edition.
- Author
- SELKIRK (Thomas Douglas, Earl of).
- Publisher
- A. Constable, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 1806
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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Since 1982, the Bookshop Henri Bonnefoi is specialized in early Printing Books, Economics, Philosophy, History of Ideas and Utopia. We offer also many books upon Travel, Science, Gastronomy, Literature, Occult, etc. Depuis 1982, la Librairie Henri Bonnefoi est spécialisée dans les Impressions Anciennes, les Livres Anciens sur l'Economie Politique, la Philosophie, l'Histoire des Idées et les Utopies. Nous offrons également un choix de livres sur les Voyages, les Sciences, la Gastronomie, la Littérature, les Sciences Occultes, etc...…
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