A history of Canada in ten maps : epic stories of charting a mysterious land

Shoalts, Adam 1986- (author.).

Summary: Adam Shoalts, one of Canada's foremost explorers, tells the stories behind centuries old maps, and how they came to shape what became Canada. It's a story that will surprise readers, and reveal the Canada we never knew was hidden. It brings to life the characters and the bloody disputes that forged our history, by showing us what the world looked like before it entered the history books. Combining storytelling, cartography, geography, archaeology and, of course, history, this book shows us Canada in a way we've never seen it before.

Record details

ISBN: 9780670069460 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0670069469 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
regular print
344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Allen Lane Canada, [2017].
Copyright: ©2017
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Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The Vikings: the Skálholt map -- The birth of "Canada" -- Champlain's map of New France -- The rise and fall of the French Empire: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin's map of North America -- Peter Pond's map of the Northwest -- Samuel Hearne's map of the Coppermine River -- First across North America: Alexander Mackenzie's quest -- David Thompson's demons -- Canada's bloodiest battlefield: the siege of Fort Erie -- Canada's heart of darkness: mapping the Arctic Frontier -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.