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Chargement... The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Islandpar Michael Layland
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Obviously, this is a well illustrated book. There are over a hundred reproduced maps and parts of maps. as well as a chronology of map-making expeditions, and biographies of prominent cartographers who have worked on this attractive island, There are some colourful asides, mostly dealing with the political lives of the men engaged in funding the work. A good read, but I recommend bringing a magnifying glass to the reading, as some of the detail would be more interesting if presented in a larger format. The general reader should be informed slightly on the history of VI to extract the maximum value from the book. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Shortlisted for a 2014 BC Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2014 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize Silver medalist for the 2013 BC Historical Federation’s Lieutenant Governor’s prizes for historical writing Just how, and why, did Vancouver Island get onto the map? How was knowledge of our immediate geography acquired and recorded? With 130 maps, dating between 1593 and 1915, this cartographic history tells the story of how Vancouver Island and the surrounding area came to be mapped. The book shows local cartographic milestones, marking progress in our knowledge through the island’s rich--although comparatively short--recorded history. However, the maps, by themselves and without context, cannot tell the whole story. The accompanying text reveals the motives, constraints, agendas, and intrigues that underpin their making. The narrative, roughly chronological, begins before the arrival of Europeans and concludes at the outset of the First World War and includes an introduction on the history and significance of map-making, as well as an afterword summarizing subsequent cartographic developments. Also included are an index, endnotes, a list of cartographic sources, and a glossary. Now in its second printing, The Land of Heart's Delight was short-listed for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice award in the BC Book Prizes, and for the Victoria Butler Book Prize. It also placed second in the BC Historical Federation’s Lieutenant Governor’s prizes for historical writing. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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