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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 clothier | a maker or seller of clothes or cloth |
| shellack | a kind of varnish |
| entrepreneur | one who carries out an enterprise |
| to mediate | to act between parties to bring about an agreement |
| insanity | mental illnes |
| economic imperialists | the domination of one country by another economically |
| capitalist | a person with money to invest |
| Rupert's Land | the territory given to the HBC |
| mouth | the part of a river where its waters empty into another body of water |
| depot | a storehouse |
| cooperage | a place to make barrels and casks |
| smithy | a place where a blacksmith works |
| health | a toast drunk in a person's honour |
| want of | lack of |
| heir | one who inherits |
| league | an old measure of distance, normally equal to about 5 km |
| overhead | the costs of running a business |
| navigational instruments | sextant, compass, telescope, time piece and other instruments to measure the location of the sun and stars |
| mariners | sailors |
| dentaila | narrow tusk shells from the west coast of Vancouver Island, a sign of high status among the Native peoples of BC |
| coastline mapping | mapping the edge of the land next to the sea |
| epic | heroic |
| to circumnavigate | to sail around the world |
| midden | a refuse heap |
| country wife | a wife married after the customs of the country, which were a blend of both European and Native peoples' marriage rights |
| sagamite | a staple food made from ground corn |
| to dress | to prepare raw furs for use |
| margin | the difference between the cost and the selling price |
| pilanthropist | a person who uses his or her money to help others |
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