1971 Pictorial Map of Puerto Rico
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Pictorial map of Puerto Rico.
This is a c. 1971-1974 pictorial map of Puerto Rico drawn to illustrate the island's history and culture.A Closer Look
Cities, towns, and villages across the island are identified, along with mountains and lakes. Roads are numbered and consistent with Puerto Rico's highway re-numbering of 1953. Pictorial vignettes highlight the Porta Coeli, an old church in San Germain, pineapple cultivation, and rum production. Near Fajardo, the notation 'the old train' is consistent with the short-lived Ferrocaril Histórico de Puerto Rico, a working railway museum that operated as an attraction from 1971 until its abrupt closure in 1974 due to irreparable damage from flooding in October of that year.An arrow points out the location where Christopher Columbus landed in 1493. Illustrations of three-masted sailing ships underscore the vast distances to locations such as New York and Panama, as well as the relative proximity of St. Thomas and St. Croix. A wonderful illustration of a Spanish exploration vessel, perhaps one of Columbus's ships, adorns the title cartouche.
Publication History and Census
This map is both unsigned and undated. We have handled this work only once before and have been unable to locate any cataloged examples in institutional collections.Condition
Very good.