A uniquely beautiful record of Canada's early development, this volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada explores the relationship between what is now Canada and its people, from the earliest evidence of human habitation to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The early traces date back some 12000 years. From this starting point at the end of the late Wisconsinan glacial maximum, the atlas provides an unprecedented outline of Canadian prehistory and the early historic period. The first 18 remarkable maps describe the ...
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A uniquely beautiful record of Canada's early development, this volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada explores the relationship between what is now Canada and its people, from the earliest evidence of human habitation to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The early traces date back some 12000 years. From this starting point at the end of the late Wisconsinan glacial maximum, the atlas provides an unprecedented outline of Canadian prehistory and the early historic period. The first 18 remarkable maps describe the settlements, cultural development, agriculture, and economic systems of the Indian and Inuit peoples of Canada and their predecessors. The volume goes on to illuminate the social and economic impact of European exploitation, trade, and settlements, looking in detail at relations between Europeans and native peoples. Richly detailed plates describe the movements of the new arrivals, the fisheries around Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St Lawrence, the French colonization in Acadia and the St Lawrence valley, the development of agriculture, the growth of towns, the expansion of the fur trade, and its impact on the various native nations and on the West generally. Unlike most historical atlases, which focus on geopolitical events and their territorial consequences, this volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada and its two companion volumes emphasize the circumstances of ordinary life. Much attention is paid to the small agricultural settlements and early towns in which Canadians lived during this period. Large-scale maps show individual settlements; small-scale maps explain how the patterns of distribution and trade shaped the growth of these settlements and, in turn, of Canada. An extraordinarily rich picture of our past emerges from the combination of text and graphic material in this volume, an illustration of Canada's early development that no other document has ever offered. With the other two volumes of the atlas, it presents a splendid visual record of the roots of our society and the evolution of the intensely regional, culturally diverse nation we know today.
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Near fine. Unpaginated. Folio. Original green, blue and black cloth. Gilt lettering on front covers and spines. Illustrated with B/W and coloured maps and drawings. Textblock clean and tight. Dust jackets are all illustrated, minor wear and unclipped. near fine A visual record of Canada's early development to the evolution of Canada today. With text and graphs showing a diverse nation. A wonderful illustrated history and a look at how Canada became the multicultural community it is. In three large volumes.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket with two 1/2" tears to botom edge of rear panel of DJ. Cloth xviii, 198pp 68 colour plates chart Canada's early history to 1800. A heavy book. (6.0 JM LVR 206/0.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cloth xviii, 198pp 68 colour plates chart Canada's early history to 1800. A heavy book. (6.0 JM LVR 200/b0.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. pp. 198, coloured maps and illustrations, much attention is paid to the small agricultural settlements and early towns, the expansion of the fur trade and its impact on the various native nations and on the west generally, emphasizes the circumstances of ordinary life, in heavy book additional postage will apply. 4to.
