New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Antique Map, Canada East 1859
US$232
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-12685-1-70
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, mainly visible in the margins. Original central fold as issued. No major tears or losses.
About this sheet
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and part of Canada East, from The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography, published by W. G. Blackie in 1859. The sheet is an engraved map with original hand color, the colonies each in their own outline color.
The map covers the Maritime colonies as they stood in the mid-nineteenth century: New Brunswick at the center, the peninsula of Nova Scotia with Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island, all set around the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Gaspe peninsula and the lower St. Lawrence of Canada East appear at upper left, with part of the state of Maine beside New Brunswick, and the Magdalen Islands and a corner of Newfoundland are shown in the gulf. Towns, roads, rivers and a long, finely cut coastline with bays and inlets are all lettered. A list of the counties of Canada East is printed at lower left, with the title and a note referring to a companion sheet at lower right.
The sheet predates Confederation: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were still separate colonies, and Prince Edward Island did not join Canada until 1873.
