1948 Road Map SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES Route 66 California Texas Arizona Utah For Sale

Handsomelarge-format fold-out 1948 map of the southwestern United States,printedmore than 76 years ago.

• The map opens to a generous23½" x34½" and has great detail on old highway alignments, including U.S.Route 66.
• The map also labels U.S. Route 666, nicknamed the "Devil's Highway"because of the reference in the Bible (Revelation 13:18):
Lethim who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it isthe number of a man: His number is 666.
• Although the road'sdesignation wassimplythe result of its being the sixth branch of U.S. 66, it generatedsufficient controversy that a few years ago the American Association ofState Highway and Transportation Officials gave it a new number: U.S.491. Consequently, U.S. 666 no longer appears on today's maps.
• This richly detailed map also shows railroads, cities, towns,topography, andnational parks and monuments.
• It is drawn on a scale of 1:2,500,000, and thecoverage area includes the states of California, Nevada, Utah,Colorado, Arizona,New Mexico, and parts of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Texas.
• Condition: This map is in very good condition,bright andclean, with no marks, rips, or tears. It is blankon the back, with no printing on the reverse side, and it folds to 8¾"x 6". Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
• It was lithographed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore andpublished by the National Geographic Society in December 1948.
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