The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island

by Michael Layland

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the 2014 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize
Shortlisted for a 2014 BC Book Prize
Finalist for the Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical WritingJust 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771510153
• ISBN13: 9781771510158
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Touchwood Editions
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 9.4"