These journals describe North American wildlife, native peoples, and the landsacape of the new world. The vivid descriptions are often graphic in nature. The writing is clear and concise. An excellent look at North America when the wilderness was still vast and untouched. This site is a historical account of the voyages of exploration to the North American Continent based on the Rare Book Collection of the National Library of Canada.
Users can tour the resources by explorers' names or in chronological order .
Both options allow the user to peruse summaries that include related material and illustrations and pages that were scanned from the rare books. This site is equally interesting to students studying the exploration of North America and history buffs who want a closer look at this subject. This essay attempts to delineate a core collection of print and electronic sources suitable for undergraduate use in Canadian Studies. Like most bibliographic endeavours, the resulting list of works cited is highly selective in its scope. The primary emphasis is on accessible titles originating in Canada and dealing with cultural subjects.