Book Description
This tome is an extensive record of Canadas treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.
Author : Alan Samuel
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 145971086X
This tome is an extensive record of Canadas treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.
Author : Alan Samuel
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1459711246
This tome is an extensive record of Canadas treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.
Author : David Franklin
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 2002
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ISBN : 9780888847645
Author : Canadian Museum of Civilization
Publisher : Canadian Museum of History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,29 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Antiques
ISBN : 9780660199153
The "ancestors" of the Museum of Civilization and the War Museum began collecting precious objects more than 150 years ago. Now, with some 4,000,000 artifacts and specimens to choose from it is not surprising that the several hundred selected for this book will resonate with many readers. These great objects are a window on our world: the last Red Ensign that flew over Parliament Hill while a fiery debate raged below; the revolver found in the pocket of a man later hanged for the assassination of one of the Fathers of Confederation; a gift that Charles De Gaulle never got; or medals and memorabilia from Canada's military heroes in various theatres of war. Among the artifacts featured are outstanding examples of ethnographic regalia, archaeological specimens, as well as objects fashioned from gold, silver, bronze and ivory that would be standouts in any national collection. All of these come from Canada's largest and most popular museum. The artifacts are beautifully photographed and vividly explained in brief articles. The life work of these two great museums are also described in the introductory narrative.
Author : David Franklin!
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
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ISBN : 9780888847645
Author : Alan Edouard Samuel
Publisher :
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780888666086
Author : Byron Preiss
Publisher : ibooks
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN :
The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.
Author : National Gallery of Canada
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 2003
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ISBN : 9780888847645
Author : National Gallery of Canada
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780888847645
Author : Bernard L. McEvoy
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN :