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Road Maps: United States
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Rand McNally has an excellent website for buying their road maps of the United States and the world, and other publishers' maps as well. The company bought Thomas Bros. several years ago, so this is ... the place to buy Thomas Guides.
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Improved roads for travel first appeared in maps of Michigan while it was a territory. One of the first maps depicting Michigan’s roads was this 1809 edition of Abraham Bradley’s “Map of the United States Exhibiting the Post Roads. This map, prepared for the Post Office, portrays the post road from Detroit via “Frenchtown”(Monroe) to Fort Defiance in Ohio.
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The American Automobile Association (AAA) sells road maps of every part of the United States and many foreign countries; if you are a member, you can get maps for free by walking into any AAA location and requesting them. Their online trip planning tools are ... free, but are available only to members.
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Excellent for adventurous recreational use, it includes off-road tracks and trails in some areas (such as Baja). It includes a database of over 280,000 towns and rural locations, points of interest and over 1500 PEMEX gas stations. Recently updated to version 2, compatible with most Garmin receivers. Please note: The search capability of this data varies with the model of receiver. 180MB download (broadband recommended).
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The Texas State GuideMap from National Georgaphic is a two-sided, durable map that combines an up-to-date state road map with detailed travel guide information. The front side features a state highway map, enhanced with terrain detail, an index of towns, and useful inset maps to help you easily navigate major cities. The reverse side presents useful information about points of interest, history, parks and recreation, and other tourist suggestions along with vivid color photographs, maps, and illustrations.
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Not to be outdone by the cattlemen, the pig breeders got into the road map act. This map of the midwestern pork producing region was issued by the United Duroc Record Association of Peoria, Illinois in 1939.
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