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MAP #: 394R5

CARTOGRAPHER : RAND, McNALLY AND COMPANY [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1894

SHORT TITLE : [UNTITLED] MAP OF MARYLAND, D.C. AND DELAWARE.

REMAINING TITLE & ID : "280 [MARYLAND AND D.C.] RAND,McNALLY & COMPANY'S [DELAWARE]" (RIGHT MARGIN, ORIENTED TO THE LEFT). SCALES IN STATUTE MILES AND KILOMETERS (CENTER BOTTOM). "RAND,McNALLY & CO.'S NEW BUSINESS ATLAS MAP OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY RAND McNALLY & CO." (BELOW SCALE). "LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH" (BELOW PRIOR ENTRY). LETTERS FROM "A" AT THE TOP TO "I" AT THE BOTTOM (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS). NUMBERS FROM "1" AT THE LEFT TO "16" AT THE RIGHT (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). INSET ENTITLED "NORTHWESTERN PART OF MARYLAND. SCALE SAME AS MAIN MAP." (TOP LEFT, 9.3 X 11.2 CM.). INSET ENTITLED "BALTIMORE AND ENVIRONS." AND SCALES BELOW IN STATUTE MILES AND KILOMETERSS (BELOW PRIOR INSET, 11.8 X 15.5 CM.) ON THE RECTO IS PART OF A TWO PAGE "MAP OF BALTIMORE", WITH PAGE NUMBERS "278" AND "279". PAGE "277" ON THE VERSO IS A DESCRIPTION OF MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND OF DELAWARE. THE PAPER HAS NO WATERMARK. LONGITUDE FROM GREENWICH (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1894
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : CHICAGO
PUBLISHER : RAND, McNALLY & CO.
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 31.9 X 48.3 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 700,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : BALTIMORE INSET 1: 350,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-179
# 2 : MSA SC1399-181
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : U020-F
# 2 : U020-F
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES LISTS THE ATLAS.
DESCRIPTION : THIS COLORED MAP INCLUDES ALL OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE, DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES, EACH SEPARATELY COLORED AND SHOWING THE COUNTY SEATS. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS DEPICTED WITH PARALLEL SHORE-CONFORMING LINES, BUT WITH NO HYDROGRAPHIC DATA. THE SURROUNDING STATES ARE IN BLACK AND WHITE. MAJOR RAILROADS ARE INCLUDED., THE MAP WAS IN THE 1894 ISSUE OF RAND, McNALLY'S INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD, PUBLISHED IN CHICAGO.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE MAP WAS PROBABLY INCLUDED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF ATLASES. NO COMPLETE CHECK ON THIS HAS YET BEEN DONE.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO EXCELLENT COPIES OF THIS MAP, BOTH WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS EN VERSO AND THE TWO PAGE MAP OF BALTIMORE ON THE RECTO. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF U020-F AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-179. THE SECOND COPY ALSO HAS AN ACQ. # OF U020-F AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-181.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD, A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, # 991, 992, 993, 1439.

March 28, 1992


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