Historical Atlas of Canada: Canada’s History Illustrated with Original Maps
Author: Derek Hayes
Published By: Douglas & McIntyre, 2006
272 Pages. 5.5 x 8.3 x 1.28 in. ISBN# 1553650778
This book covers a period of a thousand years and contains essentially all the historically significant maps of the country. Here are the often colourful, sometimes bizarre charts of European explorers who discovered Canada while seeking an easier westerly route to the Orient. Many of these early surveys depict imagined straits and passages; one shows the St. Lawrence River flowing from an opening on the coast of California. These maps show the way things were in a unique geographical way. Explorers created their own maps, but the maps they took with them also depict what they expected to encounter, an expectation that often shaped their decisions. Rare First Nations maps show how the land was known to Canada’s aboriginal peoples before significant contact with Europeans. All of these-and more-are here in the Historical Atlas of Canada, an insightful outlook on the nation’s past.
$50.00 Paperback Product # 391
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