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Rand McNally began publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line of maps, globes, and geography textbooks, soon followed by a world atlas. The company began publishing general literature in 1884 with its first title, The Secret of Success, and the Textbook department was established in 1894 with The Rand McNally Primary School Geography.
Hammond's Complete Map of Ohio, 1909. Hammond Map or Hammond World Atlas Corporation is an American map company. It was formerly an operating subsidiary of the Langenscheidt Publishing Group, a major map publisher in the United States, but was sold to Universal Map, an affiliate of Kappa Publishing Group, in 2010.
Cedid Atlas (Istanbul, 1803)o; Rand McNally Atlas (United States, 1881–present) Stielers Handatlas (Germany, 1817–1944) 20th century. Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano (Italy, 1927–1978) Atlas Mira (Russia, 1937–present) Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas (United Kingdom, 1938–present) Gran Atlas Aguilar (Spain, 1969/1970 ...
William Henry Rand (May 2, 1828 – June 20, 1915) was an American printer and co-founder of the Rand McNally publishing company. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and as a young man was an apprentice at his brothers' print shop in Boston. He was enticed west in September 1849, by the California Gold Rush.
A printer by trade, he moved to Chicago in 1858 and got a job in a print shop owned by William H. Rand at a wage of $9 per week. In 1873, McNally and William H. Rand incorporated Rand, McNally & Co. With William H. Rand as President and McNally as Vice President. [2] Rand, McNally & Co. becoming one of the largest and best-known map publishers ...
The Andrew McNally House in Altadena, California was the home of Andrew McNally (1838–1904), co-founder and president of the Rand McNally publishing company. The Queen Anne Style house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It remained a private house, until it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025. [1
Atlas Nouveau (Amsterdam, 1742) Britannia Depicta (London, 1720) Cary's New and Correct English Atlas (London, 1787) 19th century: Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (Germany, 1881–1939; in the UK as Times Atlas of the World, 1895) Rand McNally Atlas (United States, 1881–present) Stielers Handatlas (Germany, 1817–1944)
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