Antique Map of Canada West and Part of Canada East, Ontario & Quebec, 1860
€ 370
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1860
Sheet size
39 × 54 cm (15.4 × 21.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13383-8
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Good antique condition with age-related toning and occasional light spotting consistent with a nineteenth-century map. Original hand coloring is attractive. Please examine the images carefully for exact condition. A faint central fold, as issued.
About this sheet
Canada West and part of Canada East, an original engraved map published by Blackie & Son of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, about 1860. The sheet is titled "Canada West, and part of Canada East", with its boundaries outlined in color by hand and a plate number at the upper right.
The map takes in the peninsula between Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario, with Georgian Bay to the north and the St. Lawrence and Ottawa valleys running off to the east toward Montreal. Counties, towns, roads, canals and other routes are laid out closely over the settled lower peninsula, while the north is left nearly open, with only rivers and lakes. A lettered list of the counties of Canada West is printed at the left, with a smaller list for Canada East below it.
An inset at the upper left, "Environs of Montreal", gives a larger-scale view of the island and the country around the city. The sheet shows the united Province of Canada in the years before Confederation in 1867, when Canada West was the future Ontario and Canada East the future Quebec.
