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Exploration Literature and the Canadian Environment: From Way-Finding to Ways of Representation and Reading

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Davies, W.K.D. (2005). Exploration Literature and the Canadian Environment: From Way-Finding to Ways of Representation and Reading. In: Humphrys, G., Williams, M. (eds) Presenting and Representing Environments. The GeoJournal Library, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3814-3_5

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