Cram, George Franklin

George Franklin Cram (1842-1928) was a leading 19th century American map publisher. Upon leaving the US Army after the end of the Civil War he joined his uncle Rufus Blanchard's Evanston map business in 1867. Two years later, he became sole proprietor of the firm and renamed it the George F. Cram Co. which became a leading map firm in the United States. The best known atlas began as The Standard Atlas of the United States which eventually was renamed the Unrivaled Family Atlas which ran for dozens of editions over many decades. His was one of the first American firms to publish a world atlas. His firm was instrumental in developing the cerography technique, in which metal printing plates were created by electroplating a wax engraved model; this greatly reduced the cost of producing maps.

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Homeric Greece Seleukos Kingdom 300 BC 2nd Punic/Mithridatic War 64 BC 1894 map

Map of Ancient Italy, BC 800-222. CLARE 1894 old antique plan chart

Medo Persian Empire. 20 Satrapies 529-331 BC. Middle East SW Asia CLARE 1894 map

Ancient Asia Minor 650 BC - 325 AD. Turkey. CRAM 1894 old antique map chart

Canaan Egypt. Israelites route through the Wilderness 1652-1612 BC 1894 map

Birthplaces of Civilization 3000-1000 BC. Iraq Egypt Nile. CLARE 1894 old map

Map of Europe, AD 500 by I.S. CLARE 1894 old antique vintage plan chart

Map of Europe, AD 1000 by I.S. CLARE 1894 old antique vintage plan chart

Map of Europe, AD 1400 by I.S. CLARE 1894 old antique vintage plan chart

Map of Europe, during the Reformation, about 1550 AD. CLARE 1894 old

Anglo Saxon & Celtic Kingdoms in the British Isles AD 457-1066. CLARE 1894 map

England under the Romans. Scotland, Roman Period. Great Britain. CRAM 1894 map

England & Scotland during the Saxon period. Great Britain. CRAM 1894 old map

Feudal France during Hundred Years War with England AD 1339-1453. CLARE 1894 map

Historical Map of British India since A.D 1751. CLARE 1894 old antique

World Prevailing Religions. Protestant Greek church Catholic &c. CRAM 1894 map

Israel tribes Benjamin Dan Judah Simeon Mannaseh. STARLING 1894 old map

Israel tribes Asher Naphtali Issachar Manasseh Zebulon. STARLING 1894 old map

Judah Israel Kingdom Canaan captivities David Solomon Judea Josephus 1894 map

Tribes of Gad & Reuben. Land of Moriah. Jerusalem plan. Temple & courts 1894 map

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