1850 Marzolla Map of the Caribbean or West Indies

This is an 1850 Benedetto Marzolla Italian map of the Caribbean Sea, or West Indies. Coverage extends from the U.S. Gulf Coast to northern South America. Color coding associates European colonial influence with individual islands. A statistical table, situated in the upper right, provides population and area of each island. Also, it acts as the color key: British colonies (red), Spanish colonies (yellow), and Dutch colonies (green). French and Danish colonies are also marked with shades of red, making differentiation between British, French, and Danish colonies slightly difficult. Italian text appears along the right side and bottom of the map and provides a 'general description' of the region along with more detailed descriptions of Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by Benedetto Marzolla in 1850 for publication in his 1856 Atlante Geografico. We note an example of the complete atlas in the David Rumsey Map Collection. The separate map is not cataloged in OCLC.