{"product_id":"cuba-bahamas-florida-keys-map-1823-regional-print-havana-matanzas-nassau","title":"Cuba, Bahamas \u0026 Florida Keys Map 1823 Regional Print - Havana, Matanzas, Nassau","description":"\u003cp\u003eFielding Lucas Jr. of Baltimore published this map of Cuba, the Bahamas and the Florida Keys in 1823 as part of his ambitious New \u0026amp; Elegant General Atlas, a work that brought together individual maps of the Caribbean's separate islands into what stands today as the largest such compilation produced in America before the Civil War. Lucas had already made his mark on American cartography a decade earlier, when his 1812-1813 state atlas beat Mathew Carey's competing volume to market by roughly two months, and by the 1820s he was producing finely engraved individual regional maps rather than the more generalized maps common in earlier American atlases. Here he treats Cuba not in isolation but alongside its maritime neighbors to the north, a choice that reflects how closely the Bahamas and the Florida Keys were tied to Cuban shipping and trade in the early nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheet combines careful topographical rendering of Cuba's interior with a detailed scatter of the Bahamian islands and cays, tracing the shallow, hazard-filled waters of the Straits of Florida that separated Cuba from the low reefs of the Keys. Roads and other infrastructure are marked wherever the map's scale allows, giving the sheet real reference value beyond its decorative engraving. Cuba's northern coast receives close attention, reflecting the island's importance as the dominant Spanish possession in the region and the volume of shipping that passed along its shores en route to and from the Gulf of Mexico. The result is a genuinely connected regional portrait, uniting Cuba, the Bahamas and the Florida Keys as the single interlocking maritime zone contemporary sailors and merchants understood them to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is well suited to a collector interested in the maritime links between the early United States, the Bahamas and Spanish Cuba, or anyone with family history touching any of the three. A second example of this identical 1823 Lucas map is also carried in this collection; since both examples share the same content, cartographer and date, the choice between them comes down simply to which listing a buyer happens to find first, and either represents an equally faithful reproduction of Lucas's original engraving. It is offered unframed in a full range of sizes to suit any wall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TheMapVault","offers":[{"title":"16x20 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573729099,"sku":"SKU2176-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573761867,"sku":"SKU2176-A2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573794635,"sku":"SKU2176-18x24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573827403,"sku":"SKU2176-50x70","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573860171,"sku":"SKU2176-A1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573892939,"sku":"SKU2176-24x32","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573925707,"sku":"SKU2176-70x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573958475,"sku":"SKU2176-75x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58588573991243,"sku":"SKU2176-A0","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU2176.jpg?v=1790255818","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/products\/cuba-bahamas-florida-keys-map-1823-regional-print-havana-matanzas-nassau","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}