Merchants and Scholars was first published in 1965. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.This volume of essays, collected in memory of James Ford Bell, reflects in some measure the broad scope and
Author Biography
John Parker was curator of the James Ford Bell Collection at the University of Minnesota. He is editor of Merchants and Scholars: Essays in the History of Exploration and Trade (Minnesota, 1965).
