Canada #1779a 1999 Sailing Ship Marco Polo MNH souvenir Sheet XF

Description

Marco Polo
was a three-
masted
wooden
clipper
ship
, launched in 1851 at
Saint John
,
New Brunswick
. She was named after
Venetian
traveler
Marco Polo
. The ship carried emigrants and passengers to Australia and was the first vessel to make the round trip from Liverpool in under six months. Later in her career, the ship was used as a cargo ship before
running aground
off
Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
, in 1883.
Canada
is a country in
North America
. Its
ten provinces and three territories
extend from the
Atlantic Ocean
to the
Pacific Ocean
and northward into the
Arctic Ocean
, making it the world's
second-largest country by total area
, with the
world's longest coastline
.
Its border with the United States
is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both
meteorologic
and
geological
regions. It is
a sparsely inhabited country
of 40
million people, the vast majority residing south of the
55th parallel
in
urban areas
. Canada's capital is
Ottawa
and
its three largest metropolitan areas
are
Toronto
,
Montreal
, and
Vancouver
.
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