The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road by Thomas Moran, 1912 malaria Circling the main image

Circling the main image

The historical significance of this map is amplified by its inclusion in the legendary Civitates Orbis Terrarum

or "City of Mary

elegantly scripted and framed by a decorative vignette

William Fisher

The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road by Thomas Moran, 1912 malaria Circling the main imageThe Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road by Thomas Moran is a sweeping celebration of the American sublime. First published in 1912 for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Morans grand chromolithograph sets the red laced buttes and shadowed chasms of the Canyon against a turbulent, light struck sky. From the Hermit Rim vantage the view seems to unspool into infinity, the warm ochres and russets of the foreground dissolving into cool,