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Crucial Maps in the Early Cartography and Place-Nomenclature of the Atlantic Coast of Canada

By: William F. Ganong

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Crucial Maps in the Early Cartography and Place-Nomenclature of the Atlantic Coast of Canada

By: William F. Ganong

The Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for the years from 1929 to 1937 included a series in nine parts of important papers on "Crucial Maps" which have been a frequent source of reference ever since for students of the history of discovery and of early cartography. Their author, William Francis Ganong, had a life-long interest in the natural and human history of his native province, New Brunswick. Although he was primarily a botanist, with four full-length books and an amazing number of articles to his credit, it was through his series of monographs in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada that the breadth of his interests became known. For over fifty years he contributed almost annually to the Transactions the results of his systematic investigations into New Brunswick's physiography, aborigines, early explorations, wars and settlements. Crucial Maps, which concluded in 1937, was the last series of articles. Ganong was the first investigator to employ a critical classification of maps based upon groupings by period and type, although the cartography of Canada's east coast had earlier been introduced by Baron Alexander von Humboldt. Ganong's contributions to cartography are enormous: for example, his reconstruction of Cabot's voyages, while all may not agree with it, is a masterpiece of inductive analysis which will remain a model in historical research; his chapters on Gomez, Verrazzano and Fagundes are still the chief secondary sources on these discoverers. There have been notable additions to the bibliography of discovery and maps since Ganong wrote; recently published works as well as the complete file of Ganong's correspondence with his fellow cartographer, G.R.F. Prowse, were consulted by Theodore E. Layng, Map Division, Public Archives of Canada, in preparing the commentaries which accompany this edition of Crucial Maps. These commentaries, with Mr. Layng's introduction, also provide an interesting sketch of Dr. Ganong and his work. Another important feature of this edition is the index prepared by William Morley of the John Carter Brown Library. In much of his work Ganong was a pioneer, and, while subsequent studies have reached different conclusions on some points, many of his results have seldom been challenged. Students of the present and future will still use and quote from Crucial Maps. Royal Society of Canada Special Publications No. 7

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University of Toronto Press

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1487597371

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9781487597375

The Knights Templar in the New World

How Henry Sinclair Brought the Grail to Acadia

By: William F. Mann

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The Knights Templar in the New World

How Henry Sinclair Brought the Grail to Acadia

By: William F. Mann

Uses the principles of sacred geometry, archaeological evidence, and Native American legend to discover the site of a secret Templar settlement in Nova Scotia • Offers evidence that Scottish prince Henry Sinclair not only sailed to the New World 100 years before Columbus, but that he also established a refuge there for the Templars fleeing persecution • Shows that the Grail, the holy bloodline connecting the House of David to the Merovingian dynasty through Jesus and Mary Magdalene, was hidden in the New World In 1398, almost 100 years before Columbus arrived in the New World, the Scottish prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, sailed to what is today Nova Scotia, where his presence was recorded by Micmac Indian legends about Glooskap. This was the same Prince Henry Sinclair who offered refuge to the Knights Templar fleeing the persecution unleashed against the order by French king Philip the Fair at the beginning of the 14th century. With evidence from archaeological sites, indigenous legend, and sacred geometry handed down by the Templar order to the Freemasons, author William F. Mann has now rediscovered the site of the settlement established by Sinclair and his Templar followers in the New World. Here they found a safe refuge for the Grail--the holy bloodline connecting the House of David to the Merovingian Dynasty through the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene--until the British exiled all the Acadians in 1755.

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Simon and Schuster

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1594776172

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9781594776175

Service Characteristics Of Biomedical Materials And Implants

By: Andrew William Batchelor,Margam Chandrasekaran,J R Batchelor

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Service Characteristics Of Biomedical Materials And Implants

By: Andrew William Batchelor,Margam Chandrasekaran,J R Batchelor

A wide variety of materials is being used in biomedical engineering for various functions. This includes a range of ceramics, polymers and metallic materials for implants and medical devices. A major question is how these materials will perform inside the body, which is very sensitive to alien materials. The material must not only survive to perform its intended function but also not initiate any damage to the surrounding tissue or induce a wider health problem. The service characteristics of implanted materials are of vital concern to health treatments that alleviate ageing.This book collates information and provides a concise text on the performance of different materials used in devices and implants. The knowledge presented is critical for a biomedical engineer, especially for the purpose of selecting the right materials. In addition, topics such as allergies and infection, tissue scaffolds, and drug delivery are reviewed.

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260

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World Scientific

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1783260602

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Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial

History, Land, and Donald Marshall Junior

By: William Wicken

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Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial

History, Land, and Donald Marshall Junior

By: William Wicken

Intersperses close analysis of the 1726 treaty with discussions of the Marshall case, and shows how the inter-cultural relationships and power dynamics of the past, have shaped both the law and the social climate of the present.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802076653

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9780802076656

The Rise and Fall of North American Indians

From Prehistory Through Geronimo

By: William Brandon

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The Rise and Fall of North American Indians

From Prehistory Through Geronimo

By: William Brandon

The most expansive one-volume history of the native peoples of North America ever published.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1570984522

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9781570984525

Changes in the Land

Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

By: William Cronon

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Changes in the Land

Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

By: William Cronon

The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, Changes in the Land, provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and people influence one another. With its chilling closing line, "The people of plenty were a people of waste," Cronon's enduring and thought-provoking book is ethno-ecological history at its best.

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288

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Hill and Wang

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142992828X

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9781429928281

Coastal New England

Its Life and Past

By: William F. Robinson

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Coastal New England

Its Life and Past

By: William F. Robinson

A historical succession of specific locales brings alive the flavor and diversity of coastal life. Maps, line drawings, and more than one hundred color and b&w photos capture the essence of New England.

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1555214908

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Book's by William F. Ganong

Crucial Maps in the Early Cartography and Place-Nomenclature of the Atlantic Coast of Canada

Crucial Maps in the Early Cartography and Place-Nomenclature of the Atlantic Coast of Canada

The Knights Templar in the New World

The Knights Templar in the New World

Service Characteristics Of Biomedical Materials And Implants

Service Characteristics Of Biomedical Materials And Implants

Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial

Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial

The Rise and Fall of North American Indians

The Rise and Fall of North American Indians

Changes in the Land

Changes in the Land

Coastal New England

Coastal New England

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