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Exploration 1497 to 1760
Geographical exploration is the study of the events that lead to the systemic growth of knowledge about the geography of a country. The exploration of Canada is important to our understanding of how the accumulating knowledge of the geography shaped and formed many of our notions of our Canadian identity.
The geographical exploration of Canada from 1497 to 1760 is shown in twenty maps. Each exploration route shows by whom and when the knowledge of the geography of Canada was obtained. In these maps a substantial number of voyages are mapped, but these are only the exploration routes that revealed new geographic information and for which there are reasonably detailed and authentic records.
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List of Topics:
Exploration 1497 to 1650 — Read about Exploration 1497 to 1650
- Initial Probes 1497 to 1501 Map | Read about this map
- The Search for a Western Passage c1519 to 1527 Map | Read about this map
- Initial Penetration of the St. Lawrence Valley 1534 to 1583 Map | Read about this map
- The Search for a Northwest Passage 1576 to 1587 Map | Read about this map
- The Arctic Coast 1602 to 1606 Map | Read about this map
- The Atlantic Coast and Saint Lawrence River 1603 to 1607 Map | Read about this map
- The Atlantic Coast, Saint Lawrence River and Eastern Great Lakes 1609 to 1628 Map | Read about this map
- The Arctic Coast and Hudson Bay 1610 to 1632 Map | Read about this map
- Consolidation of Knowledge in the Eastern Great Lakes 1634 to 1647 Map | Read about this map
Exploration 1651 to 1760 — Read about Exploration 1651 to 1760
- Probing the Rivers on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence 1651 to 1664 Map | Read about this map
- The Iroquois Country 1654 to 1656 Map | Read about this map
- The Great Lakes 1654 to 1670 Map | Read about this map
- Familiarization with Inadequately Known Areas in Hudson Bay and James Bay 1668 to 1689 Map | Read about this map
- Exploration of the Rivers to James Bay 1671 to 1686 Map | Read about this map
- Exploration West and Southwest Beyond the Great Lakes 1673 to 1688 Map | Read about this map
- French Exploration in Abeyance 1691 to 1729 Map | Read about this map
- The Western Interior 1731 to 1757 Map | Read about this map
- Exploration of the Ohio River 1739 to 1749 Map | Read about this map
- Early Probes of the North Pacific Coast 1741 Map | Read about this map
- The Search for a Northwest Passage and Exploration of the Eastmain 1742 to 1749 Map | Read about this map
