Routes of Explorers, Canada, 1906
Four centuries of Canadian exploration reduced to a web of red lines. This plate from the Atlas of Canada 1st Edition traces the routes followed by the principal explorers from 1497 through 1905, each line labeled with the name of the explorer or company and the years that route was travelled.
The map also records the founding dates of the principal forts and trading posts, marking the reach of the French, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the North West Company across the interior. Read together, the routes and the posts show how the fur trade pulled the map of Canada westward and north.
Natural Resources Canada holds the original atlas. Map Shop reproduces the plate and finishes it the way you want it:
- Paper
- Satin lamination
- Mounted to foam core
- Hung on black or walnut rails
- Framed for a study, library, or history classroom wall

