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1975 Rand McNally / Fred Harvey Map the Grand Canyon / View of South Rim
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1888 Rand McNally Map of Arizona
Arizona-randmcnally-1893$50.00
Title
Arizona.
1888 (dated) 20 x 13 in (50.8 x 33.02 cm) 1 : 1800000
1888 (dated) 20 x 13 in (50.8 x 33.02 cm) 1 : 1800000
Description
A fine example of Rand McNally and Company's 1888 map of Arizona. Covering the state of Arizona in its entirety, the map identifies several important towns, railroads, cities, peaks, and other topographical features. Elevation is rendered by hachures and the map is color coded according to county. This map was issued as plate no. 331 in the 1893 edition of Rand McNally and Company's Indexed Atlas of the World- possibly the finest atlas Rand McNally ever issued.
Cartographer
Rand, McNally and Co. (fl. 1856 - present) is an American publisher of maps, atlases and globes. The company was founded in 1856 when William H. Rand, a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, opened a print shop in Chicago. Rand hired the recent Irish immigrant Andrew McNally to assist in the shop giving him a wage of 9 USD per week. The duo landed several important contracts, including the Tribune's (later renamed the Chicago Tribune) printing operation. In 1872, Rand McNally produced its first map, a railroad guide, using a new cost effective printing technique known as wax process engraving. As Chicago developed as a railway hub, the Rand firm, now incorporated as Rand McNally, began producing a wide array of railroad maps and guides. Over time, the firm expanded into atlases, globes, educational material, and general literature. By embracing the wax engraving process, Rand McNally was able to dominate the map and atlas market, pushing more traditional American lithographic publishers like Colton, Johnson, and Mitchell out of business. Eventually Rand McNally opened an annex office in New York City headed by Caleb S. Hammond, whose name is today synonymous with maps and atlases, and who later started his own map company, C. S. Hammond & Co. Both firms remain in business. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Rand McNally & Co., Rand, McNally & Co's Indexed Atlas of the World, (Chicago) 1893.
Condition
Very good. Text on verso.
References
Rumsey 3565.145 (1897 edition). Philips (atlases) 1026 (1898 edition).