Louisiana Antique Map 1888 – The Pelican State, Railroads & Counties

Name: Louisiana Antique Map 1888 – The Pelican State, Railroads & Counties
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-41
Price: 515 USD
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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 36 × 52.5 cm (14.2 × 20.7 in)
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Louisiana
Reference: BG-12794-41

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

Louisiana 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 Louisiana" appears across the top between atlas page numbers 404 and 405.

The state is shown on a wide landscape sheet, with its parishes outlined, and the Gulf of Mexico lettered along the southern coast, where the marshes, lakes and bayous of the delta are drawn in detail around New Orleans. The Mississippi River runs down from the upper right to the delta, and a dense web of railroad lines runs through the central and southern parishes toward New Orleans, with others crossing the northern part of the state. Texas lies to the west, Arkansas above and Mississippi to the east, each lettered at the border.

The sheet records the state in the years after Reconstruction, when new railroads were supplementing the river and bayou trade that had long organized Louisiana's sugar and cotton parishes.

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