A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island

by Michael Layland

Shortlisted for two 2017 BC Book Prizes.

In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he described it as "a perfect Eden." This book, a compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island, gathers the early recorded histories and personal accounts left by Chinese seafarers, Spanish and British naval officers, traders seeking sea otter pelts, colonial surveyors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 177151177X
• ISBN13: 9781771511773
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Touchwood Editions
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.3" x 9.3"