Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land
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Fascinating! Unsurprising how much the successful explorers relied on Indigenous and French Canadian voyageurs to survive in uncharted lands. Amazing how locals were able to free-hand accurate maps of the area. I was hoping Shoalts would discussing the aerial mapping push during the second world war by Canadian and US air force and land surveyors, maybe not enough archival material is available? (I have sources!) Or maybe there was no ‘pretty' map to go along with. Or maybe it seemed less dramatic than land+canoe missions? Anyway. I am motivated to read more history!