WHERE IS HERE?

Penguin, Toronto, 2002, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 014301351-3.  Hard cover, 256 pages including Appendix and Index.  Very good plus; bit of wear at spine ends, tight binding.  Dust jacket with price intact has light edge and cover wear, front panel sunned.  Interior clean and unmarked; illustrated end papers; black & white maps, photo reproductions and illustrations.  ‘… tells the story of the maps that made Canada and that, in turn, have made us Canadian.  He examines how the inhabitants of this land have used maps for their own purposes – some laudable, some creative and some despicable.  And he shows us how maps – made by Inuit hunters, hobos, explorers, missionaries, adventurers, marketers and artists – are often windows on our world views, our assumptions and our dreams.  They mirror the best and worst in human nature.  They tell the story of Canada.’ (from front flap)