Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island as well as many more

as well as many more scenes from urban crime that elicit a dark curiosity

Adam Lawson

The first ever illustrated edition

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

Born in the village of Steveston

Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island as well as many moreA 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