Manitoba: Rand, McNally & Co. 1883

Title: Manitoba Author: Rand McNally & Co. Date: 1883 Medium: Wax engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - light age toning, issued center fold Inches: 21 x 14 3/4 [Paper] Centimeters: 53.34 x 37.47 [Paper] Product ID: 101025 Map of the historical boundaries of Manitoba, Canada, published in Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the World in 1883. Map also includes parts of Dakota Territory and Minnesota, as well as the historical territories of Saskatchewan, Assiniboia, Keewatin, and Ontario. 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 e