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Introduction
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Land Bridge to the New World / Prehistory
Crossing the Atlantic / 11th Century
The "New" Continent / 16th Century
Expanding in All Directions / 17th Century
Exploring Westward / 18th Century
Mapping the Northwest / 18th Century
The Pacific Coast / 18th Century
The Arctic and More / 19th Century
Triumph in the High North / 20th Century
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Pathfinders and Passageways
Copyright/Sources, page 15

Re-creation of Norse sod home

Sod house similar to those used by the Norse in Vinland
© Public Domain
Credit: Photo courtesy of Parks Canada/H01-11-01-15 (05)
Source: Parks Canada
Image: Viking ship portrayed on Bayeux tapestry

Viking ship portrayed on Bayeux tapestry
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-021386
Source: National Archives of Canada
Image: Lapstrake boat

Lapstrake boat
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada

Map: Fishing grounds around Newfoundland, 1693

Map of the fishing grounds around Newfoundland, 1693
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada / C-015607
Source: National Archives of Canada

Image: Catching, curing and drying cod in the early 18th century

Catching, curing and drying cod in the early 18th century
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada / C-003686
Source: National Archives of Canada
Drawing: John Cabot's ship

Replica of John Cabot's ship
© Don Lane, Photographer/Davis Engineering & Associates Limited
Source: http://www.davis-engineering.com/Matthew/
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Map illustration: Wright's "World Map" of 1598

Wright's World Map of 1598, reproduced from an 1880 facsimile
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada / NMC 0210063
Source: National Archives of Canada
Image: Plan of the harbour and port of Plaisance, before 1692

Plan of the harbour and port of Plaisance, before 1692
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada / C-056934
Source: National Archives of Canada

Image: Title page of the French translation of Lind's "Treatise on the Scurvy"

Title page of the French translation of Lind's Treatise on the Scurvy
© Public Domain
Lind, James. Traité du scorbut: divisé en trois parties: contenant des recherches sur la nature, les causes & la curation de cette maladie[…]. Paris: Ganeau, 1756.
Source: National Library of Canada
Image: Title pages of some accounts of voyages that searched for the Northwest Passage

Accounts of some of the voyages that searched for the Northwest Passage
© Public Domain
[Top] Vancouver, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean […] in Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed […] and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 […]. London: G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798.
[Middle] Champlain, Samuel de. Les Voyages de sieur de Champlain, Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la marine, depuis l'année 1608 jusques en 1612. Paris: Jean Berjon, 1613.
[Bottom] Ross, Sir James Clark. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1835.
Source: National Library of Canada
Artifact: Pitcher recovered from the "San Juan"

Pitcher recovered from the San Juan
© J. Tuck
Reproduced with the permission of J. Tuck
Source: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage (www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/pitcher.html)

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