Authors: Derek Hayes, Derek Hayes (Photographer), Derek Hayes
ISBN-13: 9780295982779, ISBN-10: 0295982772
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Hayes, author of a historical atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, presents 420-plus original maps that illustrate the story of Canada's history for a period of a thousand years. They include charts by founder of New France Samuel de Champlain, by master mapmaker James Cook, and master surveyors Thompson, Turnor, and Fidler; Spanish, Russian, American, Italian, and Dutch maps; and maps drawn by native people such as the Beothuk, Blackfoot, and Cree. Each illustration is accompanied by a description, and the text provides explanatory background and information. Oversize: 10.25x14". Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
Covering a period of 1000 years for the territory that became Canada and the northern United States, this atlas contains 422 maps, a very high proportion of which are from the National Archives of Canada. Each map is richly annotated by Hayes (Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest) with descriptions of its provenance and historical significance. The many gems include what may be the earliest surviving map (dated 1541) to use the name Canada and native maps drawn by the Beothuk, Blackfoot, and Cree Indians. Also presented are original English, French, Spanish, Russian, American, Italian, and Dutch maps, with place names and legends in their respective languages. Hayes intended this book as a history illustrated with maps rather than a carto-bibliography, and there is a definite synergy between the text and the illustrations. The text is necessary to explain the purpose of each of the maps, and therein lies the rub for the collection placement of this book. Patrons of both public and academic libraries might be better served were this title placed in the circulating collection. Regardless of placement, however, this is a well-recommended book for academic and larger public libraries.-Kara L. Giles, Dominican Univ. Lib., River Forest, IL Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
Acknowledgements | 4 | |
Introduction | 7 | |
Saint Brendan and Other Early Navigators | 9 | |
The Norse Voyages | 10 | |
Pre-Columbian Apocryphal Voyages | 13 | |
Out of the Mists--Canada | 15 | |
Early Explorations of the Coasts of Canada, 1500-1527 | 20 | |
Early French Explorations | 24 | |
Jacques Cartier--the Foundation of the French Claim to Canada | 25 | |
Early English Attempts to Find a Northwest Passage | 34 | |
Probing the Northern Seas | 38 | |
Early English Colonization Attempts | 45 | |
Samuel de Champlain--the Mapmaker Who Founded New France | 49 | |
The Founding of Montreal | 57 | |
Jesuits and the Fur Trade--French Exploration to 1700 | 58 | |
The Defence of New France to 1713 | 70 | |
The Seigneurial System | 76 | |
The Coming of the English--the Hudson's Bay Company | 77 | |
The British Attempt to Find the Northwest Passage in the Eighteenth Century | 80 | |
The French Fur Trade Empire | 85 | |
France Explores Westwards--the La Verendryes | 86 | |
The Fall of Louisbourg in 1745 | 88 | |
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin's Atlas | 90 | |
The Founding of Halifax | 92 | |
The Acadian Deportation | 95 | |
The Battle for a Continent--the French and Indian War | 96 | |
The Fall of Quebec--and an Empire | 99 | |
James Cook's Maps of Eastern Canada | 106 | |
James Murray's Map | 112 | |
Quebec under the British | 114 | |
The American Attack on Quebec | 116 | |
Prince Edward Island | 118 | |
The Coastal Surveys of Des Barres | 120 | |
The Demise of the Beothuk | 122 | |
Defining Canada, 1783 | 124 | |
The Coming of the Loyalists | 126 | |
Perceptions of the West | 132 | |
An Inland Journey | 136 | |
Alexander Henry's Great Map of the West | 138 | |
The Maps of Peter Pond | 140 | |
Alexander Mackenzie Crosses the Continent | 143 | |
The Hudson's Bay Company Moves Inland | 146 | |
The Hudson's Bay Company's Great Surveyors--Philip Turnor and Peter Fidler | 147 | |
Native Maps | 152 | |
The First Map of the West Coast | 156 | |
James Cook--Defining the Width of Canada | 158 | |
West Coast Exploration and Trade | 159 | |
Spanish Explorations of the West Coast | 160 | |
George Vancouver Surveys the West Coast | 163 | |
Defining the West--David Thompson | 166 | |
Early Toronto | 169 | |
A Mere Matter of Marching--the War of 1812 | 172 | |
The Selkirk Grant and the Red River Settlement | 178 | |
Fixing the Forty-ninth Parallel Boundary Line | 180 | |
The Rideau Canal | 181 | |
The Canada Company | 182 | |
Arctic Exploration 1818-1859 | 184 | |
Westward Expansion of the Fur Trade | 197 | |
The Rebellions of 1837 and the United Province of Canada | 20 | |
Linking the Lakes | 201 | |
Drawing the Line--the Webster-Ashburton Treaty | 202 | |
The Founding of Fort Victoria and the Colony of Vancouver Island | 203 | |
The Forty-ninth Parallel Extends to the Sea | 204 | |
A Pioneer Road Map of Canada | 205 | |
British Columbia Discovers Gold and Becomes a Colony | 206 | |
Henry Hind's Expeditions | 207 | |
The Palliser Expedition | 208 | |
The Coming of the Railway | 210 | |
Confederation and the Intercolonial Railway | 212 | |
The Riel Rebellion of 1869 | 213 | |
Manitoba Becomes the Fifth Province | 214 | |
British Columbia Joins Confederation | 215 | |
The North-West Rebellion, 1885 | 216 | |
The Canadian Pacific Railway--the Settlement of the Prairies and the Linking of a Nation | 218 | |
Winnipeg--Gateway to the West | 227 | |
Edmonton--Gateway to the North | 228 | |
Calgary--from Police Post to Oil Capital | 230 | |
The Discovery of Oil | 232 | |
The Art of the Bird's-Eye | 233 | |
Vancouver--Pacific Terminus | 236 | |
Ottawa--the Nation's Capital | 238 | |
Toronto in the Nineteenth Century | 240 | |
Montreal after the Fall of New France | 242 | |
Gold in the Klondike | 244 | |
The British Dominion | 246 | |
The Canadian Arctic and the Northwest Passage Achieved | 248 | |
Fire Insurance Maps | 251 | |
The Boundary with Alaska | 252 | |
The Evolution of Provincial Boundaries | 253 | |
Map Catalogue | 257 | |
Notes | 264 | |
Bibliography | 265 | |
Index | 268 |