Terra Nostra : The Stories Behind Canada's Maps.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I: Envisioning Canada -- 1 Passage to the Orient -- Woodblock Printing -- 2 General Murray Maps the St. Lawrence -- Britain's Military Engineers -- 3 "Free Farms for the Million" -- Getting the Message Out -- II: Perfecting Our Cities -- 4 Modelling Québec -- Princely Toys -- 5 A Bird's-Eye Perspective -- Colour Lithography -- 6 Mapping for Fire -- Goad Moves to London -- III: Finding Our Way -- 7 Charting Eastern Waters -- Copperplate Engraving -- 8 Going for Klondike Gold -- The Federal Government Steps In -- 9 Maps for Your Motoring Pleasure -- Offset Printing -- IV: Scaling the Landscape -- 10 Hawking County Maps -- Door-to-Door Peddling -- 11 Deville's Topographic Camera -- Surveying the Rockies -- 12 Weapons of the Great War -- Sun Printing -- Conclusion -- Selected Readings -- Index -- Names from captions -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Names from Prologue &amp -- Epilogue -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Names from text -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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