Student Paper Award Winner : Samuel de Champlain – Maps as Texts

Allison will be making a presentation about an online exhibit that she created last year as part of the 400th anniversary commemoration of Samuel de Champlain’s expedition to the Ottawa area in 1613. This exhibit explores the “language” of Champlain’s maps, their shared authorship, and the way that this narrative has evolved and come to be presented as the modern maps of the commemoration.