{"product_id":"minnesota-in-1883-minneapolis-st-paul-duluth","title":"Minnesota in 1883 - Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the New Rail Road and County Map of Minnesota, a map from Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World, copyrighted in 1883 by George Franklin Cram and published in Chicago by A.C. Shewey and Co. It belongs to the first edition of what's often called Cram's first \"mass production\" world atlas, a run of sixty-five maps produced to put detailed state geography within reach of ordinary households.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheet is printed in full or outline color at a scale of roughly 1:2,280,000, with Minnesota's border in red and its county lines in green, relief indicated through hachures. As the title suggests, its focus is the state's expanding railroad network, shown crisscrossing the county divisions, alongside the lakes that earned Minnesota its reputation as the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Minneapolis, at the Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, was in the middle of becoming the country's flour-milling capital by 1883, its mills powered by the same falls that had first drawn settlers to the site decades earlier. Both Greenwich and Washington prime meridians are marked along the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheMapVault also carries another 1880s Cram atlas map of Minnesota from an earlier batch of this collection; this New Rail Road and County Map is a distinct sheet, built around the state's rail lines and county divisions rather than a general reference view. This print suits anyone with Minnesota roots, a transplant who wants a piece of home on the wall, or a collector working through Cram's 1883 series one map at a time. It also makes a fitting housewarming, birthday, or anniversary gift. Every print ships unframed and is available in multiple sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TheMapVault","offers":[{"title":"16x20 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508238946635,"sku":"1270-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508238979403,"sku":"1270-A2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239012171,"sku":"1270-18x24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239044939,"sku":"1270-50x70","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239077707,"sku":"1270-A1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239110475,"sku":"1270-24x32","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239143243,"sku":"1270-70x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239176011,"sku":"1270-75x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58508239208779,"sku":"1270-A0","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU1270.jpg?v=1789645278","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/products\/minnesota-in-1883-minneapolis-st-paul-duluth","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}