Florida 1888 Antique Map – Railroads, Settlements & Gulf Coast Detail

Name: Florida 1888 Antique Map – Railroads, Settlements & Gulf Coast Detail
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-45
Price: 605 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 52.5 × 36 cm (20.7 × 14.2 in)
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Florida
Reference: BG-12794-45

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

Florida in 1888, an original map by Rand, McNally & Co. printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in red and blue. The running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Florida" appears in the right margin, with atlas page numbers 440 and 441.

The whole peninsula is shown, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Gulf of Mexico on the west, both lettered in large capitals. Counties are outlined and railroad lines cross the north and run down the east and center of the peninsula toward the Gulf coast. Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades appear in the south, and the Keys curve off the southern tip. An inset at the lower left, lettered "Northwestern Portion of Florida," gives the Panhandle at a larger scale, with its own railroad line running along the coast. Georgia and Alabama appear along the northern edge.

The sheet shows Florida before the large Everglades drainage works and before the east coast railroad extended to the southern tip, when the state's rail network was concentrated in the north and center.

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