This reproduction of the 1978 atlas of the Maritime Provinces is perhaps even more useful than the original. With her detailed introduction and captions, Joan Dawson clarifies and contextualizes the original atlas, explaining the text, maps, directory, and even the printing methods. Reading the atlas is like travelling through time-familiar towns seem tiny, and roads we now take for granted are nowhere to be seen. Historians, geneaologists and anyone with a favourite corner of the Maritimes will be delighted with this Historical Atlas of the Maritime Provinces.