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Rand McNally provides mapping, software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets. Founded in 1856, the company is known for its atlases, road maps, globes, and random number books.
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.
Thomas Guide is a series of paperback, spiral-bound atlases featuring detailed street maps of various large metropolitan areas in the United States. Learn about the origins, development, and changes of the Thomas Guide brand, from its creation in 1915 by George Coupland Thomas and his brothers to its acquisition by Rand McNally in 1999.
RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and consulting firm that originated as a project of the U.S. Air Force after World War II. Learn about its history, fields of study, funding sources, publications, and notable alumni and associates.
Andrew McNally (1836-1904) was an American publisher and co-founder of Rand McNally, a leading map publisher. He also owned Rancho Los Coyotes, a large tract of land in Southern California, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
Harry Mathias Gousha, a sales executive for Rand McNally, left that company in 1926 to start his own map company out of Chicago, quickly becoming Rand McNally's chief competitor by offering the Touraide: a spiral-bound book with road maps, points of interest, and accommodations that was custom assembled for individual buyers.
Agloe was a made-up hamlet in the Catskill Mountains that became a copyright trap for mapmakers. It is also a setting in novels and films, such as Paper Towns and The Cartographers.
Battle of Germantown. The Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777 pitted a 9,000-man British army under General William Howe against an 11,000-strong American army commanded by General George Washington.