1888 New Mexico Map – Railroads, Counties & The Land of Enchantment

Name: 1888 New Mexico Map – Railroads, Counties & The Land of Enchantment
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-56
Price: 515 USD
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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 52.5 × 36 cm (20.7 × 14.2 in)
Condition: Good. Condition summary: Good condition overall. Mild age toning, faint foxing along margins, and original fold lines as issued. Paper remains strong with a crisp plate impression. No major tears or repairs.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: New Mexico
Reference: BG-12794-56

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

New Mexico in 1888, shown as a territory on an original map by Rand, McNally & Co. of Chicago from their Improved Indexed Business Atlas and Shippers Guide. The sheet is printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in red and green, and carries the running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Mexico" in the right margin, with atlas page numbers 512 and 513.

The territory is divided into its counties, among them Bernalillo, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Socorro, Sierra and Grant, with the Rio Grande running north to south through the middle of the sheet and the Sacramento Mountains and neighboring ranges engraved in the south. Railroads thread down the Rio Grande valley and across the west and south toward Mexico, which fills the lower border, while Colorado lies above the northern line and Texas to the east. A numbered place index in a column at the lower right lists the towns by reference.

New Mexico remained a territory until 1912, and the sheet shows it in the railroad era of the 1880s, when new lines were opening its towns, mines and ranching country to outside markets.

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