It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read The Island of Canada by Victor Suthren
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Canada has the longest coastline of any nation on earth, together with the world’s largest lake and river system. In fact, bounded on three sides by oceans, and with a lake and river system that crosses the entire country east to west, Canada can be thought of as an island nation. Now, Victor Suthren, one of Canada’s most articulate historians and an expert on maritime history, has written the first history that shows how the oceans and lakes of Canada have shaped our nation. From the earliest days of Inuit and Aboriginal hunters, the Norse, Basque, Spanish, and French adventurers and fishermen to the explorers of the Pacific coast and the Arctic, the royal fleets of Britain and France, privateers, pirates, and merchantmen, the fur trade, and the great Age of Sail, here is a sweeping history that traces the development of the Canadian psyche as it has been shaped by its waters. The Island of Canada is an extraordinary story about a sea-going nation informed by an examination of the mentality, which has made Canadians, inhabitants of an enormous land mass, nonetheless islanders in their unique character and heritage. There is no nation on earth with a greater physical connection to the sea than Canada. Canada is the most astonishing of aquatic nations an here is its first truly national maritime history.
The Island of Canada by Victor Suthren is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.
This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read The Island of Canada aloud.
The Island of Canada is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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