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Map Military Map, Island of Puerto Rico.

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Title

  • Military Map, Island of Puerto Rico.

Summary

  • This military map of Puerto Rico was published in 1898, the year in which the United States, in the course of the Spanish-American War, seized the island from Spain. Hostilities began on May 12 with a blockade and bombardment of the city of San Juan by the U.S. Navy. This was followed with the landing off the coast of Guánica on July 12 of a force of 1,300 U.S. soldiers. In the peace treaty that was signed in Paris on December 10, 1898, the United States formally acquired Puerto Rico from Spain, along with Guam and the Philippines. Issued by the Military Information Division of the Adjutant General's Office of the U.S. Army, the map is by W. Morey of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The emphasis is on transportation, with railroads, main roads, cart trails, and horse trails shown. The scale is in miles (1 mile = 1.61 kilometers). An inset map at the lower right shows Vieques, Culebra, and several smaller islands belonging to Puerto Rico.

Names

  • Julius Bien and Company Lithographer.
  • Morey, W., Junior Cartographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division, 1898.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Puerto Rico
  • -  1898
  • -  Military maps
  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 74.5 x 53.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Columbus Memorial Library, Organization of American States.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • United States History

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668490

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Julius Bien And Company Lithographer, and W Morey. Military Map, Island of Puerto Rico. [place of publication not identified: United States Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division, 1898] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668490/.

APA citation style:

Julius Bien And Company Lithographer & Morey, W. (1898) Military Map, Island of Puerto Rico. [place of publication not identified: United States Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668490/.

MLA citation style:

Julius Bien And Company Lithographer, and W Morey. Military Map, Island of Puerto Rico. [place of publication not identified: United States Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division, 1898] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668490/>.