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A History of Canada in 10 maps

A History of Canada in 10 maps by Adam Shoalts. I read this book during the trip to Banff & Jasper. I didn’t know much about Canada’s history so I wanted a general history book. I don’t think I learned much about Canada but this book provides very interesting accounts of explorers like Samuel Hearne and Alexander Mckenzie, the latter being the first person known to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific north of Mexico.

Another page turner is the story of John Franklin, deemed an incompetent explorer on his quest to learn more about the Arctic ocean and which ended up killing part of his expedition.

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This entry was parsed from an older retrospective post.