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A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice
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Boston: Shambhala, 1996 BRAND NEW/BRAND NEW First Edition, 1st Printing. No markings, no wear, new stock. 5.25" x 7.5", 151 pages, map endpapers. This book by Australian novelist Cowan (Letters from a Wild State) takes the form of a 16th-century Venetian monk's journal. Fra Mauro, a cartographer, is working on a map of the world based on the oral reports of merchants, travelers and ambassadors who visit him in his cell. Full of startling leaps of imagination and thought, this gem of a book proves that the mind's desire can be as seaworthy a vessel as a schooner for exploring new worlds. . Hard Cover. more information
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Price: $14.95
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Water-Powers of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
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Commission of Conservation Canada, Committee on Waters and Water-Powers, 1916 VERY GOOD First Edition. A beautiful clean copy: crisp, no markings, solid binding, light wear to boards only. Dark green cloth with gold lettering, 8vo, 7" x 10", 334 pages, 42 photographic plates showing rivers and hydro-electric plants across Canada, 25 maps including both folding maps in the rear pocket (3 provinces & Yukon and Northwest Territories and Upper Bow River), appendices, index. - This detailed book outlines the water resources of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta regarding generation of hydro electricity. Rivers include Winnipeg, Red, Assiniboine, tributaries of Lake Winnipeg, Nelson River, tributaries of Hayes River, Saskatchewan, North Saskatchewan and tributaries, South Saskatchewan and tributaries, Milk, Bow River, Athabaska, Peace, Slave, Churchill, Mackenzie, Yukon, Coppermine, Hood Dubawnt, Ferguson, Kazan. . Hard Cover. more information
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Price: $49.95
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Canadian Settlement Patterns
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Canada: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1977 VERY GOOD HC, an excellent ex-lib copy with normal library markings. Crisp, clean and solid interiors. 8.5" x 11", 28 pages, very well illustrated with many topographic maps in b&w and color, charts, full page aerial photographs. A study of the settlement geography of Canada. A review of the general distribution of Canadians in 1961 is followed by regional studies from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Aerial photos include Lunenberg, Nova Scotia - Yamaska River and Yamaska Mountain (St-Paul), Quebec - Wimot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario - Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan - Irrigation Farms in Osoyoos and area, British Columbia. . Hard Cover. more information
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Price: $38.00
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