Goodbye Columbus? Canada's chains of history
Barry Gough offers a Canada-eye-view on the commemorations and controversy of the Columbus Quincentenary.
Barry Gough offers a Canada-eye-view on the commemorations and controversy of the Columbus Quincentenary.
The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.