Historical Atlas of Canada: Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps

Historical Atlas of Canada: Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps image
ISBN-10:

177162079X

ISBN-13:

9781771620796

Author(s): Hayes, Derek
Edition: Revised
Released: Nov 10, 2015
Publisher: Douglas&McIntyre
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
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Description:

Maps tells the story in this innovative volume, and the story of Canada they tell is profoundly engrossing and rewarding. The atlas covers a period of a thousand years and contains essentially all the historically significant maps of the country. Gathered from major archives and libraries all over the world, they include treasures from the National Archives of Canadamany never before publishedand many from the archives of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Included are maps by the founder of New France, Samuel de Champlain, by Philip Turnor and Peter Fidler. There are English maps and French maps; Spanish maps and Russian maps; American, Italian and Dutch maps as well as maps drawn by Native people such as the Beothuk, Blackfoot and Cree. Canada’s colourful past unfolds in sumptuous visual detailhistory seen from a whole new perspective.


























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