New Mexico: Rand, McNally & Co. 1888

Title: New Mexico Author: Rand, McNally & Co. Date: 1888 Medium: Wax engraving Condition: Excellent Inches: 14 x 19 3/4 [Image] Centimeters: 35.56 x 50.17 [Image] Product ID: 222015 Map of New Mexico including parts of Texas, Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Colored sections of the state indicate the locations of land grants and Native American reservations, and a numbered legend along the righthand margin indicates the locations of various mining districts. In 1856, William H. Rand opened a Chicago print shop, hiring Irish immigrant Andrew McNally as a printer two years later. They established a relationship with the Chicago Tribune’s predecessor, soon taking over its printing operation in full. Eventually, in 1868 Rand, McNally, and Rand’s nephew George Amos Poole bought out the Tribune and founded Rand, McNally & Co. Now with significant printing experience under their belt, the three men embarked on several publishing endeavors, capitalizing on the ma