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Champlain's Astrolabe Greeting Card
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Champlain's Astrolabe Greeting Card
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Our greeting cards are memorable, eco-friendly, celebrations of Canada!
Each folded A2 greeting card is blank inside and measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (10.8 cm x 14 cm). With its elegant linen finish, the cardstock we have selected is the perfect backdrop to our unique Canadian designs. A quality square-flap envelope accompanies every card.
Both our greeting card and its accompanying envelope are carbon neutral (made with 100% wind power) and FSC certified. They are also elemental chlorine free and lignin free.
Designed and printed in Canada.
Did you know?!
Travelers are always losing things and intrepid explorers are no exception. In the Spring of 1613, Samuel de Champlain began an arduous journey up the Ottawa River and lost a navigation device while clambering over fallen trees during a difficult portage near what is now known as Green Lake.
An astrolabe is an ancient device that uses the horizon and celestial bodies such as the sun to determine latitude and time.
In 1867, more than two and a half centuries later, a young boy was helping his father clear trees when he discovered a small brass astrolabe engraved with the word “Paris” and the date “1603”. Could it be the same astrolabe Champlain lost? Possibly!
Based on original art by Charles W. Jefferys (1869-1951), an enthusiastic illustrator of moments in Canadian history: “If my work has stirred any interest in our country and its past, I am more than paid”.
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