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Exploration 1497 to 1760

Composite image of Eighteen century sailing shipsGeographical 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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