Vancouver
Book description
Absolutely unique in its presentational style, Vancouver: A Visual History is a delightful and important book. This stunning, full-colour historical atlas brings to life Vancouver’s first fourteen decades, beginning with a map of the 1850s depicting the land use, economy and settlement patterns of its first peoples, and ending with…
Why read it?
1 author picked Vancouver as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A unique work of visual storytelling using maps created by the author that trace the evolution of this place defined by a major river, a natural harbour, and a backdrop of snowcapped mountains, decade by decade from Indigenous times through the 1980s.
Each map has detailed notes focusing on changes and developments and a two-page spread of the key players of each period.
From Michael's list on figuring out Vancouver.
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