The Baranov Museum in Kodiak has added a rare map to its collection.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports (http://is.gd/T4wdWg) the museum has acquired a 125-year-old map of the Alaska Commercial Co.'s trading districts.

The former Kodiak-based company provided residents in Kodiak and other rural parts of the state with access to items like canned goods, clothing and mail.

The map includes locations of company trading locations and stores.

Museum curator of collections Anjuli Grantham chanced upon the map on eBay, offered by the Alaskan Heritage Bookshop in Juneau.

It cost $150, and the museum asked the seller to hold it until it could find funds for the purchase of the 18-inch by 14-inch map. Afognak Native Corp. board member Jeffrey Abate donated the money for the map.

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Information from: Kodiak (Alaska) Daily Mirror, http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com