This 1950 Nicaragua road map was issued by Standard Oil of
Central America (Esso). One side of the map is of Nicaragua and the other side
is of Central America and the Panama Canal area. Note that this is the Spanish
version. The map was published by the General Drafting Map Company and the date
code is “850”. This map is in excellent original condition as shown in the
photo. This map came from the General Drafting Map Company archives and they
stamped “Please return to… Nov 10 1950”
on the front cover as seen.
I bought part of this archival collection about 6 years ago
and the rest of it recently. I first saw some listed on eBay and bought them.
The seller then explained that she had a few more boxes of these from the
General Drafting archives and I was able to buy the lot. Her husband and
another guy were in charge of donating the maps to the Newberry Library when
their company bought General Drafting. One pallet of maps would not fit into
the two semi-trucks filled with the maps. They made several attempts to contact
the library to make alternative arrangement for shipping the maps but got no
response. So they split them up and took them home. She told the other guy of
my interest in these maps and he recently contacted me and I was able to buy
them also. There is a variety of maps and all are stored in dated envelopes
with 1 or 2 maps in each. Most are stamped and/or dated on the cover, but a few
are not. Over the next few years, I will be offering many of these here on
eBay.
Shipping within the United States will be by First Class
Postage. If you purchase multiple fixed price items from my store, I will send
a refund through eBay for all excess postage paid when I ship the items. If you
win multiple items on regular auctions, just wait for an updated invoice with
combined shipping.
Please contact me if you have any specific questions about
this item. Check out my other auctions for additional maps. I also have many listed
in my eBay store “Vintage Maps and More”.