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Peter Pond (January 18, 1739 – 1807) was an American explorer, cartographer, merchant and soldier who was a founding member of the North West Company and the Beaver Club. Though he was born and died in Milford, Connecticut, most of his life was spent in northwestern North America, on the upper Mississippi and in western Canada.
7 de jan. de 2008 · Peter Pond, fur trader (b at Milford, Conn 18 Jan 1739/40; d there 1807). In 1775, with proverbial Yankee shrewdness, Pond moved from the area southwest of the Great Lakes, where he had been trading for most of the previous decade, to focus on what is now the Canadian West, which proved a much richer territory.
POND, PETER, army officer, fur trader, explorer, map maker, and writer; b. 18 Jan. 1739/40 in Milford, Conn., eldest son of Peter Pond and Mary Hubbard; m. Susanna Newell, probably in 1762, and they had at least two children; d. 1807 in Milford.
5 de nov. de 2014 · If you have an inquisitive instinct and love the pursuit of the documentary chase, there is no shortage of material about Peter Pond. But the working historian has to know how to get at it and have the abilities to mine that particular vein of gold.
Peter Pond is credited with introducing this vital food to the trade in 1779, having obtained it from the Chipewyans in the Athabasca region. Later, posts along the Red, Assiniboine, and North Saskatchewan Rivers were devoted to acquiring pemmican from Aboriginal peoples living in the…
6 de out. de 2014 · Pond explored farther north and west than any European before him, and was the first to cross Methye Portage, the 20-km trek that separates the Hudson Bay and Arctic watersheds.
Overview. Peter Pond. (1739—1807) Quick Reference. (1739–1807), explorer and trader with the North West Company. Born in Milford, Connecticut, the son of a shoemaker and the descendent of colonial military men, Pond joined a regiment to ... From: Pond, Peter in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration » Subjects: History. Reference entries.
