1984 Robert Waldmire Pictorial Map of New Mexico

This is the 1984 pictorial map of New Mexico in the iconic information-dense style of Richard Waldmire.

A Closer Look

Coverage fully embraces New Mexico, with cities and towns identified, many featuring interesting textual commentary. Radioactive symbols and skulls mark uranium mines and nuclear sites; as Waldmire notes, New Mexico 'leads the nation in uranium production'. Illustrations of a coyote, a wolf, a river otter, a bighorn sheep, and numerous other animals, birds, and plants also appear, with most labeled and accompanied by short descriptions. Iconic New Mexico fauna, such as roadrunners, scorpions, and tarantulas, appear. Mountain peaks are labeled with elevation.

Publication History and Census

This map was drawn by Robert Waldmire, published by Dark Age Graphics, and printed by Frye-Williamson Press in Springfield, Illinois. We note four cataloged examples: Newberry Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Eastern New Mexico University, University of New Mexico, and the David Rumsey Map Collection.