A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island by Layland, Michael

A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island

Shortlisted for two 2017 BC Book Prizes.In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise...
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Author: Michael Layland
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A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island by Layland, Michael

A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island

$90.48

A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island

$90.48
Author: Michael Layland
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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 Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island, which was shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice BC Book Prize, and for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize.



Author: Michael Layland
Publisher: Touchwood Editions
Published: 01/24/2017
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 10.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781771511773

About the Author
Michael Layland was born and educated in England and trained as an officer and map-maker in the Royal Engineers. He serves as the current president of the Friends of the BC Archives, is a former president of the Victoria Historical Society, and is on the committee of the Historical Map Society of BC. He is also a member of the Society for the History of Discoveries and the International Map Collectors Society. His articles on explorers and exploration history have appeared in international encyclopedias, including eight entries in the two-volume "The Oxford Companion to World Exploration." He also reviews books for British Columbia History magazine. Michael has lived in British Columbia for some 30 years, for the last 20 in Victoria. "A Perfect Eden" is a companion to his first book, "The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island."
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