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Historical Atlas of Canada

Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps

by (author) Derek Hayes

Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre
Initial publish date
Apr 2015
Category
General, World War II, Atlases
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553650775
    Publish Date
    Aug 2006
    List Price
    $12.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771620796
    Publish Date
    Apr 2015
    List Price
    $34.95

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"This is a gorgeous piece of work, rich and heavy and brimming with the minutiae of attempts to capture aspects of the Canadian landscape by cartography."
The Georgia Straight

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 Canada—many never before published—and 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 detail—history seen from a whole new perspective.

About the author

Derek Hayes is the author of the bestselling Historical Atlas Series, which includes the Historical Atlas of Canada, Historical Atlas of Vancouver and the Lower Fraser Valley, Historical Atlas of Toronto and Historical Atlas of the United States. He holds two degrees in geography and worked for a time as a planner with the Vancouver City Planning Department and as a real estate consultant. He lives in White Rock, B.C.

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