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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.
It was purchased by and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rand McNally in 1999. The company made radical changes in operation beginning in November 2003, and let go many of Thomas Brothers' most skilled cartographers and employees. The Rand McNally CEO announced all Irvine data edits would be outsourced to Bangalore, India.
This section of the list of former state routes in New York contains all routes numbered between 301 and 400. Route. Southern or western terminus. Northern or eastern terminus. Formed. Removed. NY 305. (1930-early 1940s) New Jersey state line at Chestnut Ridge.
The Hamlyn Historical Atlas (London: Hamlyn, 1961; revised 1981): US title, Rand McNally Atlas of World History (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1981; revised 1983). Associate editors, Maps copyright Creative Cartography, Hamlyn, and Rand McNally. The Newnes Historical Atlas (Newnes Books, 1983) Philip's Atlas of World History (George Philip and Son, 1992)
Cartographer. After six months at Valparaiso, Balutis got a job at Rand McNally as a cartographer and worked there for six years. He later used his mathematical education to decode and develop his own diplomatic ciphers. As a cartographer, Balutis decided to prepare and publish a detailed map of ethnographic Lithuania in Lithuanian. He wanted ...
William H. Rand. William H. Rand. 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.
New York State Route 9A NY 9A highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of US 9 Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT, MTAB&T and the City of Yonkers Length 47.25 mi (76.04 km) Existed 1930 –present Component highways Henry Hudson Parkway from Riverside South to Riverdale Restrictions No commercial vehicles between exits 8 and 23 Major junctions South end I-478 Battery Place in Battery ...
New York State Route 82 (NY 82) is a state highway in the eastern Hudson Valley of New York in the United States. It begins at an junction with NY 52 northeast of the village of Fishkill, bends eastward towards Millbrook, and then returns westward to end at a junction with U.S. Route 9, NY 9H, and NY 23 at Bell Pond, near Claverack.