Antique Map of the Province of Canada 'East' by A.K. Johnston, 1865

1865 · Maps

Antique Map of the Province of Canada 'East' by A.K. Johnston, 1865

Name: Antique Map of the Province of Canada 'East' by A.K. Johnston, 1865
Brand: W. & A. K. Johnston
SKU: BG-05553/43
Price: 290 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Maker: W. & A. K. Johnston
Kind: Maps
Size: 48.5 × 62 cm (19.1 × 24.4 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-05553/43

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.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Eastern Canada on Alexander Keith Johnston's "Province of Canada (Eastern Sheet)," an original map from his Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, in 1865. The sheet is numbered 48 at the upper right and carries the atlas heading "Keith Johnston's General Atlas." The title block lists New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward and Cape Breton Islands and Newfoundland.

The main map covers the lower Saint Lawrence and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the Gaspe coast, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island, with Anticosti Island in the gulf, and part of Maine at the lower left. Rivers, lakes, county boundaries and coastal soundings are traced in fine detail, with provincial borders in outline color. A large inset on the right gives Newfoundland on its own scale, with its deeply indented coast and interior lakes.

The sheet shows the eastern provinces just before Confederation in 1867, when the Province of Canada and the Maritime colonies were still separate. Johnston's atlas plates are known for their precise engraving and clean lettering.

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