Atlas of Canada
The Atlas of Canada (L'Atlas du Canada) is an online atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada. The maps concern themselves with five themes: climate and environment, communication and transportation, energy and economy, land and water, and people and places. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being published in 1906 by geographer James White and a team of 20 cartographers.
Atlas of Canada
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- 1906
- Language
- English
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The Atlas of Canada (L'Atlas du Canada) is an online atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada. The maps concern themselves with five themes: climate and environment, communication and transportation, energy and economy, land and water, and people and places. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being published in 1906 by geographer James White and a team of 20 cartographers.
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1906
Atlas of Canada published.
1906
Atlas of Canada is recorded as published in 1906.
1906
Atlas of Canada (3 catalogued editions) digitised by Open Library.
1912
Atlas of Canada (4 catalogued editions) digitised by Open Library.
1945
Atlas of Canada project (4 catalogued editions) (1945) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1961
A historical atlas of Canada (4 catalogued editions) digitised by Open Library.
1980
Mortality atlas of Canada (6 catalogued editions) (1980) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1987
Historical atlas of Canada / Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer/designer., dated 1987, held by Wellcome Collection.
1998
Concise historical atlas of Canada (3 catalogued editions) (1998) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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Mortality atlas of Canada (6 catalogued editions) (1980) — Open Library. Atlas of Canada (3 catalogued editions) (1906) — Open Library. A historical atlas of Canada (4 catalogued editions) (1961) — Open Library. Atlas of Canada (4 catalogued editions) (1912) — Open Library. Canada project (4 catalogued editions) (1945) — Open Library. Concise historical atlas of Canada (3 catalogued editions) (1998) — Open Library. Historical Atlas of Canada (2 catalogued editions) (2006) — Open Library. Atlas of Canada (2 catalogued editions) (1957) — Open Library.
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- 1.Harrower, M. (2007) The cognitive limits of animated maps. Cartographic. Vol. 42, No. 4, pgs. 349-357
- 2.Downs, Roger and Liben, Lynn. (1988). Through a map darkly: Understanding maps as representations. The genetic epidemiologist; the quarterly journal of the Jean Piaget Society. Vol. 16, pgs. 11-18
- 3.Harrower M.; Brewer C.A. (2003). ColorBrewer.org: An online tool for selecting color schemes for maps. Cartographic Journal. Vol. 40, No. 1, Pgs. 27-37
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