British North America, Antique Map of Canada and Arctic Regions, Blackie, 1859

€ 360

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1859
Sheet size: 37 × 54 cm (14.6 × 21.3 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12685-1-68

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. Light overall age toning consistent with age. Minor scattered foxing and light handling marks, mostly visible in the margins. Original central fold as issued. No major tears or losses.

About this sheet

British North America on a map of that title from The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography, published by W. G. Blackie in 1859. The sheet is a copper engraving with original hand color, with boundaries picked out in pink and green.

The map shows the whole of British North America before Confederation, from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific and far up into the Arctic. Canada West and Canada East, Labrador, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay and the great interior territories are all drawn, with the lakes, river systems and mountain ranges, and the trading posts and early settlements marked by name. The islands of the Arctic Archipelago crowd the top of the sheet, the southern edge shows the border with the northern United States and part of Greenland appears at upper right.

In 1859 the Dominion of Canada did not yet exist: this is the continent's northern half as it was known to the British colonies and the Hudson's Bay Company, before the 1867 union.