In Nature’s Realm—Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island By Michael Layland, TouchWood Editions, 2019, $40 I was pleased to continue learning about E.J. Hughes’ work on the cover of Michael Layland’s In Nature’s Realm, Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island. The cover depicts Hughes’ 1993 oil painting of Bird’s Eye Cove.” This is the third volume by scholar/historian/mapmaker Layland, whose earlier works (The Land of Heart’s Delight and A Perfect Eden) reveal the progression of European knowledge of Vancouver Island through his […]

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