Vintage Map of Cuba
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Vintage Map of Cuba by Giuseppe Maria Terreni, published by Marco Coltellini, 1763
An Italian view of Cuba with a flower-filled title cartouche, miniature mountain ranges and brightly outlined shores. Havana, the Isle of Pines, Jamaica and the Bahama islands give the map plenty of recognisable detail, while arrows mark currents in the surrounding seas. Engraved by Giuseppe Maria Terreni and published in Livorno in 1763, this is a distinctive companion to a later map of the Caribbean. Fine art print, supplied unframed.
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Historical Background
This eighteenth-century Italian map gives Cuba a lively, almost pictorial landscape. Hills rise in small engraved groups, settlements are represented by buildings, and the coastline is ringed by islands and shoals. The title states that the map was drawn from the work of Popple, linking the sheet to the circulation of geographic information between British and Italian publishers.
Map Details
- Original title: Carta esatta rappresentante l’Isola di Cuba
- Engraver: Giuseppe Maria Terreni
- Publisher: Marco Coltellini, Livorno
- Date: 1763
- Source credited on the map: Popple, written as Poppler in the title
Cuba fills the centre of the sheet, but its surroundings are carefully chosen. Southern Florida and the Bahamas appear above it; Jamaica, labelled Giamaica, lies below. The Isle of Pines and the Cayman islands help define the intervening waters. These relationships matter to the composition as much as the island outline itself.
Look closely at the sea. Current arrows, shaded coastal waters and the chains of offshore islands give the engraving a maritime character. Inland, the rows of hills and scattered trees convey terrain through small pictures rather than modern contour lines. Havana is prominently named on the northern coast.
The elaborate cartouche at the lower left balances the long shape of Cuba. Its flowers and scrollwork make this a particularly decorative map, while the Italian names preserve the language of the original publication. The reproduction keeps those details visible without treating the historic map as a modern navigational chart.
