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BOOK - Historical Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1878).
New introduction by Joan Dawson. This book is a reprint of the 1878 publication, with a new introduction by Joan Dawson. Wonderful quality at a very reasonable price! The Roe Brothers of Saint John commissioned the first comprehensive atlas of the Maritimes. Engraved by Worley and Bracher of Philadelphia and printed by another Philadelphia firm, F. Bourquin, the result was called Atlas of the Maritime Provinces of the Dominion of Canada and was a huge investment for the Saint John company involving the very latest in 19th century map-making technology. The atlas featured maps, historical and geological descriptions, and a business directory. Each page contained a map of one county in the Maritimes (the scale was one inch to seven miles) and featured the added bonus of color to highlight each parish within a county. In addition to the county map, the Roe Brothers Atlas contained a number of Maritime towns and city maps including Saint John, Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton, St. Stephen, Chatham, Newscastle, Saint Andrews, and Charlottetown. The urban centers are color coded according to wards. The maps are splendidly produced, show bustling communities, and offer a bird’s eye view of life in the Maritime in the late years of the 19th century. Joan Dawson has written extensively about local history and early mapping in the Maritimes. She is the author The Mapmaker’s Eye and co-authored Historic LaHave River Valley Especially fine quality evident in the reprinted colour maps. 72 pages; full color; maps; illus; 11 3/4 X 14 1/2"; soft cover; ISBN 1-551109-534-3
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