Description: Perfect Eden : Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island, Hardcover by Layland, Michael, ISBN 177151177X, ISBN-13 9781771511773, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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, as well as soldiers, settlers, and other adventurers, starting from many centuries ago up to 1858. Collected here in detail for the first time, these accounts create a multilayered tale of discovery and exploration.
A Perfect Eden is the companion volume to the acclaimed The Land of Hearts Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island, which was shortlisted for the Bill Duthisellers Choice BC Book Prize, and for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize.
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Book Title: Perfect Eden : Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Touchwood Editions
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Cartography, Historical Geography, Canada / Pre-Confederation (To 1867), Adventurers & Explorers, Canada / Western Provinces (Ab, BC), Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 46.6 Oz
Author: Michael Layland
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 10.1 in
Format: Hardcover
