Ted Binnema is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia.

‘Binnema has produced a superbly written, thoroughly researched, and highly relevant study of the HBC’s role in the development of scientific networks in the modern era. The book is an enormous achievement.’- Stephen J. Hornsby (Journal of British Studies, vol 54:01:2015) ‘I recommend this book for its excellent biographical data and its chronicling of HBC interactions with scientific networks.’- C. Stuart Houston (Archives of Natural History, vol 42:01:2015) ‘Enlightened Zeal is a quite successful combination of corporate history and the history of science.’- Karl Davids (Isis vol 106:02:2015) ‘Enlightened Zeal will be useful foundational reading for graduate seminars and independent research on the history of chartered trading companies, network exchange, and the appropriation of knowledge in the HBC and Rupert’s Land.’- Matthew S. Wiseman (American Review of Canadian Studies vol 46:01:2016) ‘This book will help change the ways specialists understand both the remarkable history of the HBC and the sustained practice of corporate-sponsored scholarship.’- Michael F. Dove (The Historian vol 78:03:2016) ‘This text is essential reading for anyone interested in corporate contributions to the development of science in the British Atlantic world.’- Naomi H. Slipp (Nineteenth Century Studies August 2017)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface “Enlightened Zeal”: An IntroductionPart I:  The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science, 1670-1821 “A Profound Secret”: The Adventurers and the Fellows from the 1660s to 1768“Desirous to Encourage Science”: The Transit of Venus of 1769 and the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Collaboration with the Royal Society, 1768-1774“Amends for the Narrow Prejudices”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science in an Era of Competitive Expansion, 1774-1821Part II:  The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science, 1821-1870 “Benevolent Intentions”:  The Hudson’s Bay Company, the Royal Navy, and the Search for the Northwest Passage: 1818-1855“The Liberal Spirit”: David Douglas, Edinburgh, and the Douglas Legacy, 1823-1870: 1824-1870“Disinterested Kindness”:  The Hudson’s Bay Company and North American Scientists, 1821-1859“Knowing the Liberal Disposition”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Smithsonian Institution, 1855-68EpilogueConclusionBibliographyIllustrations and captions for IllustrationsNotes

Ted Binnema is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia.

‘Binnema has produced a superbly written, thoroughly researched, and highly relevant study of the HBC’s role in the development of scientific networks in the modern era. The book is an enormous achievement.’- Stephen J. Hornsby (Journal of British Studies, vol 54:01:2015) ‘I recommend this book for its excellent biographical data and its chronicling of HBC interactions with scientific networks.’- C. Stuart Houston (Archives of Natural History, vol 42:01:2015) ‘Enlightened Zeal is a quite successful combination of corporate history and the history of science.’- Karl Davids (Isis vol 106:02:2015) ‘Enlightened Zeal will be useful foundational reading for graduate seminars and independent research on the history of chartered trading companies, network exchange, and the appropriation of knowledge in the HBC and Rupert’s Land.’- Matthew S. Wiseman (American Review of Canadian Studies vol 46:01:2016) ‘This book will help change the ways specialists understand both the remarkable history of the HBC and the sustained practice of corporate-sponsored scholarship.’- Michael F. Dove (The Historian vol 78:03:2016) ‘This text is essential reading for anyone interested in corporate contributions to the development of science in the British Atlantic world.’- Naomi H. Slipp (Nineteenth Century Studies August 2017)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface “Enlightened Zeal”: An IntroductionPart I:  The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science, 1670-1821 “A Profound Secret”: The Adventurers and the Fellows from the 1660s to 1768“Desirous to Encourage Science”: The Transit of Venus of 1769 and the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Collaboration with the Royal Society, 1768-1774“Amends for the Narrow Prejudices”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science in an Era of Competitive Expansion, 1774-1821Part II:  The Hudson’s Bay Company and Science, 1821-1870 “Benevolent Intentions”:  The Hudson’s Bay Company, the Royal Navy, and the Search for the Northwest Passage: 1818-1855“The Liberal Spirit”: David Douglas, Edinburgh, and the Douglas Legacy, 1823-1870: 1824-1870“Disinterested Kindness”:  The Hudson’s Bay Company and North American Scientists, 1821-1859“Knowing the Liberal Disposition”: The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Smithsonian Institution, 1855-68EpilogueConclusionBibliographyIllustrations and captions for IllustrationsNotes