Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island Douglas Adams' mega-selling cult classic

Douglas Adams' mega-selling cult classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy needs no introduction

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horrors in dark alleys

Merlin and Morgana la Faye of Arthurian Legend and the fox witches of Japan are but a few of the many examples

The first ever illustrated edition

Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island Douglas Adams' mega-selling cult classicA compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island, brought to life with illustrations and maps. Shortlisted for two 2017 BC Book Prizes. In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he described it as a perfect Eden." This book gathers the early recorded histories and personal accounts left by Chinese seafarers, Spanish and British naval officers, traders seeking sea