Author Reading: Michael Layland

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Saturday, February 15th, 2014
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Join us for an author reading by Michael Layland from his book "The Land of Heart's Delight Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island."



Michael will be discussing his new book The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island, an informative and fascinating compilation of the early maps of Vancouver Island. With 130 maps dating between 1593 and 1915, the book showcases a cartographic history of our thriving and remarkable region. The accompanying text reveals the motives, constraints, agendas, and intrigues that underpin their making and mark the progress in our knowledge of the island�s rich�although comparatively short�recorded history.

Michael Layland is the current president of the Friends of the BCArchives, and the former president of the Victoria Historical Society.