Mexico Antique Railroad Map c.1888 – Cities, States & Land of the Aztecs

Name: Mexico Antique Railroad Map c.1888 – Cities, States & Land of the Aztecs
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-3
Price: 515 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 36 × 52.5 cm (14.2 × 20.7 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition with mild toning and a faint vertical center fold as issued. Marginal handling wear present but not affecting the printed image. Plate mark visible.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Mexico
Reference: BG-12794-3

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

Mexico in c.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 Mexico" appears across the top between atlas page numbers 24 and 25, and a scale in miles is given at the lower left.

The whole country is shown, from the American border in the north to the Yucatán peninsula in the southeast, with Baja California at the left, the Pacific Ocean lettered across the left and the Gulf of Mexico across the right. The states are outlined and lettered, and the railroad lines run south from the American border through the central plateau toward Mexico City, with other lines running toward the Gulf coast. The southern border of the United States is included along the top, with Texas, New Mexico and Arizona lettered above the line.

The sheet records Mexico during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz, when foreign investment was building its first major railroad lines, many of them running north to the American border.

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