Title: Codex canadiensis
Description: The Codex canadiensis is a 79-page document written circa 1700. Illustrated with 180 drawings, it describes the First Nations, plants, mammals, birds and fish of Canada, making it of great importance to the country's ethnology and natural history. The web site is a virtual exhibition which allows visitors to browse this rare document page by page.
Subjects: Indians of North America, Pictorial works, Exhibitions, History, Natural history
Places: Canada
Time periods: 17th century, To 1763 (New France)