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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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The Mapmakers: An Essay in Four Parts
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Pathfinders and Passageways
Copyright/Sources, page 5

Image: Canadian militiaman on snowshoes

Canadian militiaman on snowshoes
© Public Domain
Histoire de l'Amérique septentrionale: divisée en quatre tomes; Claude-Charles Bacqueville de La Potherie. Paris: Jean-Luc Nion … et François Didot, 1722.
Source: National Library of Canada
Map: Drawn by Native guide for La Vérendrye (Page 1)

Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016131
Source: France National Archives
Map: Drawn by Native guide for La Vérendrye (Page 2)

Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016133
Source: France National Archives
Image: La Vérendrye plaque

La Vérendrye plaque
© Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society
http://www.state.sd/us/dcca/cultural
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-002138
Image: Title page of Hearne's account

Title page of Hearne's account
© Public Domain
Hearne, Samuel. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage; &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795.
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Drawing: View of Prince of Wales Fort by Samuel Hearne, 1777

View of Prince of Wales Fort by Samuel Hearne, 1777
© Public Domain
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage; &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772, Samuel Hearne. London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795.
Source: National Library of Canada
Portrait: Samuel Hearne

Samuel Hearne
© Hudson's Bay Company Archives, PAM, P-167
Photo courtesy of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives.
Source: Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Provincial Archives of Manitoba
Image: Remarks about Peter Pond from a manuscript by Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur

Remarks about Peter Pond by Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur
© Public Domain
Credit : National Archives of Canada/ MG 21, Add.Mss. 15332
Source: National Archives of Canada

Image: Remarks by Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur written on the copy of Peter Pond's map

Remarks by Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur on the copy of Peter Pond's map
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Credit : National Archives of Canada/ MG 21, Add.Mss. 15332, Vol. 9, p. 5
Source: National Archives of Canada

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