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Audio Transcript of Zachariah Gillam and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers 1668 to 1669
Audio Transcript: In the period 1668-69, Gillam the captain of the famed 43-ton Nonsuch, was funded by a group of English courtiers, gentlemen and financiers called the “Adventurers” to explore the Arctic region of North America. Des Groseilliers, sailing with Gillam in the Nonsuch, found his way into the “Sea of the North” [Hudson Bay] and anchored at the mouth of river which the Englishmen named Rupert. Here they built a house called Charles Fort where they spent the winter. Later this fort became Rupert House, a fur trading post. In the spring they traded with the local Aboriginal peoples and returned to London in 1669 with a fine cargo of beaver pelts.
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Photograph of a Replica of the 1668 Ship Nonsuch
Source: Voiceovers by Kyle Rawn, Christian Wyss and LeeAnn McLellan, Algonquin College, Ottawa. Assistance provided by Don Crockford, Coordinator, Broadcasting Radio and Media Design Sector, Algonquin College.
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