Historical Atlas of the Arctic
Historical Atlas of the Arctic

Author: Derek Hayes

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781553650041

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The vast empty spaces of the Poles were the last frontier to be assailed by explorers intent on achieving a geographical goal. But long before the North Pole was finally attained, men sailed the seas searching for an easier and shorter path to the riches of the Orient. The mapmakers of the day translated sparse information into often fanciful, sometimes stunningly artistic maps. Author Derek Hayes documents the international race for the Pole involving expeditions on foot, by hot air balloon and by airplane. Along with the detailed historical maps, Hayes provides insightful commentary, and describes the aspirations and motivations of explorers and the harsh realities they faced. Hayes also presents a number of revealing and often beautiful scientific maps produced at a time when the military and those in search of oil probed the ocean and the ice of the arctic frontier.

Historical Atlas of California
Historical Atlas of California

Author: Derek Hayes

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780520252585

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PRAISE FOR DEREK HAYES'S PREVIOUS ATLASES: "A beautifully executed achievement."--Bloomsbury Review "The kind of volume that invites repeated viewings."--Seattle Times "A sure winner. . . . It's hard to imagine anyone who could resist getting happily lost on these glorious roads into our past."--Toronto Star "Derek Hayes works his way from the discovery and settlement of North America to the ever-evolving maps recording America's westward push and onward to the early maps of the automobile age."--William Grimes, New York Times "The maps show everything from how explorers conceived of the continent circa 1500 to the spread of the interstate highway system in the 1950s."--Business Week

Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest
Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Derek Hayes

Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781570612152

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Reproductions of 320 original maps from 16th century ocean voyages to the Pacific Northwest to 20th century maps of transcontinental railways.

Historical Atlas of Canada
Historical Atlas of Canada

Author: Derek Hayes

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781771620796

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Maps tells the story in this innovative volume, and the story of Canada they tell is profoundly engrossing and rewarding. The atlas covers a period of a thousand years and contains essentially all the historically significant maps of the country. Gathered from major archives and libraries all over the world, they include treasures from the National Archives of Canada--many never before published--and many from the archives of the Hudson's Bay Company. Included are maps by the founder of New France, Samuel de Champlain, by Philip Turnor and Peter Fidler. There are English maps and French maps; Spanish maps and Russian maps; American, Italian and Dutch maps as well as maps drawn by Native people such as the Beothuk, Blackfoot and Cree. Canada's colourful past unfolds in sumptuous visual detail--history seen from a whole new perspective.

Historical Atlas of the Earth
Historical Atlas of the Earth

Author: Stephen Jay Gould

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 1996-03-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780805045529

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More than two hundred maps, diagrams, and reconstructions assist in tracing the geology of the Earth from the Big Bang to the evolution of humans

Historical Atlas of Expeditions
Historical Atlas of Expeditions

Author: Karen Farrington

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 9780816044320

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Reveals what the Vikings, David Livingston, Henry Morgan Stanley, Robert Falcon Scott, and other great explorers shared in common as they opened up important routes and trails throughout history.