Old Map of Cuba
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Old Map of Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico by Johnson & Ward, c.1862
Cuba stretches across this colourful nineteenth-century atlas map, with Jamaica below and separate insets of Puerto Rico and Havana. Pink, green and yellow divisions distinguish the island’s districts, while the Florida Keys and Bahamas place it within the wider Caribbean. Johnson & Ward’s ornamental border frames a wealth of coastal and inland detail. A fine art reproduction for anyone with Cuban or Caribbean connections, supplied unframed.
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Historical Background
Johnson & Ward’s map places Cuba at the centre of a group of Caribbean islands rather than isolating it from its neighbours. Its full title includes Jamaica and Puerto Rico, and the sea passages towards Florida and the Bahamas remain prominent. The Library of Congress records this map in the firm’s 1862 atlas, matching the publisher named on the artwork.
Map Details
- Original title: Johnson’s Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico
- Publisher: Johnson & Ward, New York
- Period: c.1862
- Inset maps: Puerto Rico and Havana
- Visible features: Coloured districts, coastal detail and ornamental border
The eye follows Cuba from Cape San Antonio in the west towards its eastern headlands. Numerous settlements and inland routes sit within the coloured divisions, while the Isle of Pines appears off the southern coast. The concentration of detail makes this a map to examine town by town, as well as a striking composition in its own right.
The Havana inset changes the scale of the view, setting the street pattern beside the harbour. Puerto Rico is presented separately at the lower left, whereas Jamaica occupies the sea below Cuba and has a numbered parish reference nearby. These different treatments allow the publisher to include useful local information without losing Cuba’s dominant place on the sheet.
Historic spellings such as Porto Rico and the closely engraved shading around the coasts add to the map’s period character. The strong colour and dark decorative border are preserved in the fine art reproduction.