Maps That Changed Our World

When it comes to the charting the world, a lot has changed since the age of discovery, when map-making relied heavily on imagination.

Text by Nelle Oosterom

 — Posted March 9, 2015

Today, orbiting satellites allow anyone to have a bird's eye view of just about any place on earth. But early cartographers had far less to go on when they produced their hard-won charts of unknown lands. Here are some important maps from Canada’s past.

 

 

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