Author: Sir James MacPherson Le MoinePublisher: Dawson Brothers
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Picturesque Quebec
Author: Sir James MacPherson Le MoinePublisher: Dawson Brothers
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
Author: Sir J. M. Le MoinePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
This aims to provide a complete history of Quebec City, Canada. It provides new and interesting details about the city's history, including the location of Samuel de Champlain's settlement in 1608, and offers insights into various sights, objects, edifices, city gates, and other improvements, both ancient and modern. The book is a repository of historical, topographical, legendary, industrial, and antiquarian lore, gathered from sources that are difficult to access for the general reader. It is a faithful mirror of the past and an authentic record of the present moment at the time that it was written.
Québec
Author: Mathieu DupuisPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 142621927X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
With insider tips, sample itineraries, and images from one of Canada's foremost photographers, this exquisite book brings you the best of Québec, providing expert travel inspiration that will help you craft your own amazing journey. This extraordinary visual tour leads you through five regions of Québec, from cosmopolitan cities to picturesque countryside to rugged wilderness. Dazzing images by award-winning photographer Mathieu Dupuis are accompanied by practical travel itineraries and tips from the locals, as well as fascinating information about each region's geography, history, and culture. These colorful pages will inspire you to explore Old Québec's 17th century fortress, soak up the culture and nightlife of bustling Montreal, skim the Laurentian Massif by floatplane, ski Mount Tremblant, or commune with wildlife on Bonaventure Island. Informative and inspiring, this compelling guide celebrates Québec's well-known treasures -- and takes you off the beaten path to explore the best kept secrets of this beautiful province.
Painting in Canada
Author: J. Russell HarperPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802063076
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Since its first appearance in 1967, Russell Harper's classic study of Canadian painting has been recognized as the outstanding authority on the subject. This edition provides a comprehensive survey, generously illustrated, of three centuries of Canadian painting from its beginnings in the seventeenth century. Through a lively combination of entertaining anecdotes, descriptions of the cultural background, biographical accounts, and critical judgement, the reader comes to know intimately the artists, their paintings, and their environments. Included are 173 reproductions - 45 added since the first addition. They all ow the reader to see representative works from all periods, and provide a visual record of the cultural and social history of Canada.
Landmarks of Canada
Author: Toronto Public LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Tourists' Guide of Canada
Author: Quebec, a Quaint Mediaeval French City in America at the Dawn of the XXth Century
Author: Adolphe Basile RouthierPublisher: Montreal Printing & Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Lévis (Québec)
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec
Author: Justin Harvey SmithPublisher: New York, N.Y. : London : G.P. Putnam
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
Author: Literary and Historical Society of QuebecPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Québec (Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The Port of Quebec
Author: Sir James MacPherson Le MoinePublisher: Chronicle Printing
ISBN:
Category : Docks
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description