How big is Canada? 5 days drive.

hand-drawn map showing the size of Canada
Jeff Werner, 7000 km, 2008 [Canada] original HDMA web archive: map 47

Some of the best maps in the HDMA collection relate geographic concepts often drawn to accompany a conversation about a particular place. Those shown here attempt to relate the size and scale of one of the largest countries by total land area, Canada. Jeff Werner drew the map above to explain the size and orientation of the country and the rest of North America to a group of villagers in Bali.

The map below was drawn on a napkin by Peter Flemming for Lars Midboe during a conversation they were having in a bar in Trondheim, Norway. Midboe found the map months later in a bag and scanned it into his computer for safekeeping.

hand-drawn map of Canada
Peter Flemming (found by Lars Midboe), 5 days drive, 2003 [Canada] original HDMA web archive: map 85

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