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1888 Rand McNally Map of New York

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1888 Rand McNally Map of New York

NewYork-randmcnally-1893


Title


New York.
  1888 (dated)     20 x 27 in (50.8 x 68.58 cm)     1 : 830000

Description


A beautiful 1888 map of New York by Rand McNally and Company. It covers the state of New York in its entirety with the southern end including Long Island featured in an inset in the upper left quadrant. The map is highly detailed and notes major towns, rivers, railways, lakes and other topographical features throughout. Map is color coded according to counties. This map was issued as plate nos. 50 and 51 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. Original centerfold exhibits minor wear. Text on verso.

References


Rumsey 3565.073 (1897 edition). Philips (atlases) 1026 (1898 edition).