Author: Barry D. Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Across the Land --a Canadian Journey of Discovery
Author: Barry D. Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Across the Land --a Canadian Journey of Discovery
Author: Barry D. Stewart
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412022762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The reader is taken on a fascinating cross-Canada journey, visiting the people, geography, history and idiosyncrasies of this great country. The author acts as your travelling companion and tour guide. Buckle up your seat belt and prepare for a fun-filled trip. You will visit all of the major traveler's destinations, but also many out-of-the-way, special corners of the nation. You will learn many interesting vignettes of Canadian history and pick up local folklore and anecdotes along the way. At the end, you'll want to head out yourself to see first-hand some new parts of Canada that intrigue you. There are 14 maps to help you follow the route of the journey. In the appendices are 'top-ten' lists and a trivia quiz to remind you of the trip and to recall the experiences.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412022762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The reader is taken on a fascinating cross-Canada journey, visiting the people, geography, history and idiosyncrasies of this great country. The author acts as your travelling companion and tour guide. Buckle up your seat belt and prepare for a fun-filled trip. You will visit all of the major traveler's destinations, but also many out-of-the-way, special corners of the nation. You will learn many interesting vignettes of Canadian history and pick up local folklore and anecdotes along the way. At the end, you'll want to head out yourself to see first-hand some new parts of Canada that intrigue you. There are 14 maps to help you follow the route of the journey. In the appendices are 'top-ten' lists and a trivia quiz to remind you of the trip and to recall the experiences.
Literature of Travel and Exploration
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135456631
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1425
Book Description
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135456631
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1425
Book Description
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Report on Canadian Archives
Author: Public Archives of Canada
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada. 1759-1791
Author: Public Archives of Canada
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Travel and Exploration
Author: Samuel Carter Gilmour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Travel & Exploration
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
An illustrated monthly of travel, exploration, sport and adventure.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
An illustrated monthly of travel, exploration, sport and adventure.
Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Sketches of Celebrated Canadians
Author: Henry James Morgan
Publisher: Hunter, Rose
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Publisher: Hunter, Rose
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Canadian Exploration Literature
Author: Germaine Warkentin
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145972108X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers, Exploration Literature is an entry point for both the casual reader and the student of Canadian literature into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography and the literary fundamentals of new nationhood.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145972108X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers, Exploration Literature is an entry point for both the casual reader and the student of Canadian literature into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography and the literary fundamentals of new nationhood.