The atlas, one of the oldest types of geographic encyclopedias and reference works, has often been thought of as simply a group of maps bound together. Yet every atlas is conceived and shaped, put into meaningful order and made uniform in some way by its author, editor, or publisher. Editing Early and Historical Atlases was the title and focus of the twenty-ninth annual Conference on Editorial Problems, organized in honour of the completion of the final volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada.
The essays in this collection focus on two areas of inquiry: original...
The atlas, one of the oldest types of geographic encyclopedias and reference works, has often been thought of as simply a group of maps bound toget...
The early face of what is now Ontario was documented in an extraordinary number of maps. Thousands of them have survived to the present day - maps of the area as a whole, its regions, and its cities and towns. In this bibliography Joan Winearls offers a guide to maps of the province of Upper Canada/Canada West, manuscript and printed, from the beginning of British settlement up to Confederation.
Each entry includes a physical description of the map, brief annotations including associated documents and sources, and information about where the map is now found. The book as a whole...
The early face of what is now Ontario was documented in an extraordinary number of maps. Thousands of them have survived to the present day - maps ...
The atlas, one of the oldest types of geographic encyclopedias and reference works, has often been thought of as simply a group of maps bound together. Yet every atlas is conceived and shaped, put into meaningful order and made uniform in some way by its author, editor, or publisher. Editing Early and Historical Atlases was the title and focus of the twenty-ninth annual Conference on Editorial Problems, organized in honour of the completion of the final volume of the Historical Atlas of Canada.
The essays in this collection focus on two areas of inquiry: original...
The atlas, one of the oldest types of geographic encyclopedias and reference works, has often been thought of as simply a group of maps bound toget...
