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Hudson Bay expedition, the Glossary

The Hudson Bay expedition was a series of military raids on the fur trading outposts and fortifications of the British Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) on the shores of Hudson Bay by a French Navy squadron under the command of the Comte de Lapérouse.^[1]

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army. Hudson Bay expedition and American Revolutionary War are 1782 in the British Empire and conflicts in 1782.

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Armagnac Regiment

The Régiment d'Armagnac (Regiment of Armagnac) was a line infantry regiment of the French Royal Army formed in 1776, which served during the American Revolution, and later the War of the First Coalition, until it was disbanded in 1794.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Battle of the Saintes

The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. Hudson Bay expedition and battle of the Saintes are conflicts in 1782.

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Beaver

Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brest, France

Brest is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany.

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Brevet (military)

In the military, a brevet is a warrant that gives a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward, but which may not confer the authority and privileges of real rank.

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Cap-Haïtien

Cap-Haïtien (Kap Ayisyen; "Haitian Cape"), typically spelled Cape Haitien in English and often locally referred to as Le Cap, Okap or Au Cap, is a commune of about 274,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the department of Nord.

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Cádiz

Cádiz is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix

Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix de Castries, marquis de Castries, baron des États de Languedoc, comte de Charlus, baron de Castelnau et de Montjouvent, seigneur de Puylaurens et de Lézignan (25 February 1727, Paris – 11 January 1801, Wolfenbüttel) was a French marshal.

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Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu

Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu (2 July 1738 – 18 August 1810) was a French Navy officer, explorer, hydrographer and politician.

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Chipewyan

The Chipewyan (also called Denésoliné or Dënesųłı̨né or Dënë Sųłınë́, meaning "the original/real people") are a Dene Indigenous Canadian people of the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological tradition.

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Colony of Jamaica

The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire.

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Conscription

Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.

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Dividend

A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders.

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Drift ice

Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.).Leppäranta, M. 2011.

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Field gun

A field gun is a field artillery piece.

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Fort Severn First Nation

Fort Severn First Nation (Waśaho Ininiwak) is a Western Swampy Cree First Nation band government located on the Severn River near Hudson Bay.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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François Joseph Paul de Grasse

François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a career French officer who achieved the rank of admiral.

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France in the American Revolutionary War

French involvement in the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783 began in 1776 when the Kingdom of France secretly shipped supplies to the Continental Army of the Thirteen Colonies when it was established in June 1775.

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French Armed Forces

The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France.

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French frigate Astrée (1780)

Astrée was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.

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French frigate Engageante (1766)

Engageante was a 26-gun frigate of the French Navy, only ship of her class, built to a design by Jean-François Etienne.

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French livre

The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶., French for libra (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia from 781 to 1794.

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French Navy

The French Navy (lit), informally La Royale, is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France.

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French Royal Army

The French Royal Army (Armée Royale Française) was the principal land force of the Kingdom of France.

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French ship Sceptre (1780)

Sceptre was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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French ship Ville de Paris (1764)

Ville de Paris was a large three-decker French ship of the line that became famous as the flagship of Admiral De Grasse during the American Revolutionary War.

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Goose

A goose (geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae.

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Grapeshot

In artillery, a grapeshot is a type of ammunition that consists of a collection of smaller-caliber round shots packed tightly in a canvas bag and separated from the gunpowder charge by a metal wadding, rather than being a single solid projectile.

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Hayes River

The Hayes River is a river in Northern Manitoba, Canada, that flows from Molson Lake to Hudson Bay at York Factory.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Hudson Strait

Hudson Strait (Détroit d'Hudson) in Nunavut links the Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group. Hudson Bay expedition and Hudson's Bay Company are Hudson Bay.

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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (variant spelling: La Pérouse; 23 August 17411788?), often called simply Lapérouse, was a French naval officer and explorer.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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League (unit)

A league is a unit of length.

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List of Anglo-French conflicts on Hudson Bay

The Anglo-French conflicts on Hudson Bay were a series of conflicts in the 17th and 18th centuries between England and France for control over the area around the Hudson Bay. Hudson Bay expedition and List of Anglo-French conflicts on Hudson Bay are battles involving the Hudson's Bay Company and Hudson Bay.

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Louis XVI

Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil

Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (18 April 1724 – 14 December 1802) was second in command of the French squadron off America during the American Revolutionary War.

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Major (France)

Major is the seniormost non-commissioned officer rank in France and other Francophone countries.

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Marten

A marten is a weasel-like mammal in the genus Martes within the subfamily Guloninae, in the family Mustelidae.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Mortar (weapon)

A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.

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Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War saw a series of battles involving naval forces of the British Royal Navy and the Continental Navy from 1775, and of the French Navy from 1778 onwards.

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Nelson River

The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North American fur trade

The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, predominantly in the eastern provinces of Canada and the northeastern American colonies (soon-to-be northeastern United States).

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle

Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle (1 August 1744, château de Kerlouët at Quemper-Guézennec, Côtes-d'Armor – 11 December 1787, Maouna, Samoa) was a French vicomte, académicien de marine, naval commander and explorer.

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Prince of Wales Fort

The Prince of Wales Fort is a historic bastion fort on Hudson Bay across the Churchill River from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

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Prize of war

A prize of war (also called spoils of war, bounty or booty) is a piece of enemy property or land seized by a belligerent party during or after a war or battle.

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Province of Quebec (1763–1791)

The Province of Quebec (Province de Québec) was a colony in British North America which comprised the former French colony of Canada.

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Resolution Island (Nunavut)

Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut.

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Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land (Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (Terre du Prince Rupert), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin.

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Saint-Domingue

Saint-Domingue was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1697 to 1804.

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Samuel Hearne

Samuel Hearne (February 1745 – November 1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author and naturalist.

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Scurvy

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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Secretary of State of the Navy (France)

The Secretary of State of the Navy was one of the four or five specialised secretaries of state in France during the Ancien Régime.

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Spanish Armed Forces

The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Spain, defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the Constitution of 1978.

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, to be free, sovereign and independent states.

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York Factory

York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately south-southeast of Churchill.

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