North America · 19th century
€ 280
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Eastern Canada and Newfoundland, an original antique map titled "Dominion of Canada (Eastern Sheet)," from The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography by A. K. Johnston, published by W. and A. K. Johnston in 1882. The sheet is an atlas map printed in color, with colored outlines for the provinces, and the title block at the upper right lists New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island "with Newfoundland."
The main map covers southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island around the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with Anticosti Island at the top and the Atlantic coast at the foot. Rivers, lakes, counties, railways and towns are lettered throughout, and soundings and sailing tracks mark the surrounding sea. A large inset at the right is titled "Newfoundland" and gives the island its own sheet with its deeply indented coast, bays and settlements.
In 1882 the Dominion of Canada did not yet include Newfoundland, which remained a separate colony and joined Canada only in 1949. The firm of W. and A. K. Johnston, founded by Alexander Keith Johnston and his brother William in Edinburgh, was among the leading Scottish atlas publishers of the century.
