North America Sheet 1 Nova Scotia with part of New Brunswick and Lower Canada. Original antique map published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Craddock and Baldwin in 1832. Engraved by J & C Walker.

North America Sheet 1 Nova Scotia with part of New Brunswick and Lower Canada.

Original antique map published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Craddock and Baldwin in 1835. Engraved by J & C Walker.

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in London in 1826, mainly at the instigation of Whig MP Henry Brougham, with the object of publishing information to people who were unable to obtain formal teaching or who preferred self-education.