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British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas

by Derek Hayes
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Apr 2020
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13.5 × 0.86 × 10 in
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Early depictions of the West Coast were no more than cartographers' fanciful guesses. Not until the discovery of "soft gold"--sea otter pelts--and the quest to find a Northwest Passage did explorations, such as the epic voyage of George Vancouver, lead to a better understanding of the region's geography. Even so, until the gold rush of 1858, the interior of the province was mostly unknown except for the routes blazed by fur traders. Thirteen years later, British Columbia became a province of Canada, and a transcontinental railway was built to connect the land west of the Rocky Mountains with the rest of the country. The efforts of these early explorers, fur traders, gold seekers and builders involved the production of maps that showed what they had found and what they proposed to do. British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas reveals the plans and strategies that created the province we know today through a fascinating visual lens--from maps by early Indigenous inhabitants and the Europeans who arrived to explore and exploit vast resource wealth, to maps drawn by those who, decades later, prepared for war, built dams, promoted real estate and even tracked murders. Presented alongside award-winning historian Derek Hayes's lively and authoritative text, this unprecedented collection of over 900 maps plus 300 photos and historical documents offers a unique, geographical history. This is the story of both the dreams that came true and those that didn't--yet all are part of the dramatic tale of the forging of Canada's western frontier.

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PublisherDouglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
PublishedApr 28, 2020
ISBN-101771622113
ISBN-139781771622110
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions13.5 × 0.86 × 10 in
Weight5 lb

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