ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP NAUTICAL CHART St. Lawrence Strait Juan De Fuca Caribbean

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ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MAPTERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
North America Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
Gulf of St. Lawrence to Strait of Juan De Fuca, Inculding, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Panama Canal
Vancouver, San Francisco, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Anticosti, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Columbia, Venezuela, Purto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Caribbean Sea,
See Photos for condition.
The
Caribbean Sea
(
Spanish
:
Mar Caribe
;
French
:
Mer des Caraïbes
;
Haitian Creole
:
Lanmè Karayib
;
Jamaican Patois
:
Kiaribiyan Sii
;
Dutch
:
Caraïbische Zee
;
Papiamento
:
Laman Karibe
) is a sea of the
Atlantic Ocean
in the
tropics
of the
Western Hemisphere
. It is bounded by
Mexico
and
Central America
to the west and southwest, to the north by the
Greater Antilles
starting with
Cuba
, to the east by the
Lesser Antilles
, and to the south by the northern coast of
South America
. The
Gulf of Mexico
lies to the northwest.
The entire area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the
West Indies
, and adjacent coasts are collectively known as the
Caribbean
. The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of about 2,754,000 km
2
(1,063,000 sq mi).
[1]
[2]
The sea's deepest point is the
Cayman Trough
, between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, at 7,686 m (25,217 ft) below
sea level
. The Caribbean coastline has many
gulfs
and
bays
: the
Gulf of Gonâve
,
Gulf of Venezuela
,
Gulf of Darién
,
Golfo de los Mosquitos
,
Gulf of Paria
and
Gulf of Honduras
.
The
Gulf of Mexico
(
Spanish
:
Golfo de México
) is an
ocean basin
and a
marginal sea
of the Atlantic Ocean,
[2]
largely surrounded by the North American continent.
[3]
It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the
Gulf Coast of the United States
; on the southwest and south by the
Mexican
states
of
Tamaulipas
,
Veracruz
,
Tabasco
,
Campeche
,
Yucatan
, and
Quintana Roo
; and on the southeast by Cuba. The
Southern U.S. states
of
Texas
,
Louisiana
,
Mississippi
,
Alabama
, and
Florida
, which border the Gulf on the north, are often referred to as the "
Third Coast
" of the United States (in addition to its Atlantic and
Pacific
coasts).
Puerto Rico
[c]
(
Spanish
for 'rich port'; abbreviated
PR
;
Taino
:
Boriken
,
Borinquen
),
[10]
officially the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
[b]
(
Spanish
:
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
,
lit.
'Free Associated State of Puerto Rico'), is a
Caribbean
island and
unincorporated territory
of the
United States
. It is located in the northeast
Caribbean Sea
, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of
Miami
,
Florida
.
The Commonwealth is an
archipelago
among the
Greater Antilles
located between the
Dominican Republic
and the
U.S. Virgin Islands
; it includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as
Mona
,
Culebra
, and
Vieques
. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its
capital
and
most populous city
is
San Juan
.
[10]
Spanish
and
English
are the
official languages
of the executive branch of government,
[11]
though Spanish predominates.
[12]
The
Yucatán Peninsula
(
/
ˌ
j
uː
k
ə
ˈ
t
ɑː
n
/
,
[1]
also
UK
:
/
ˌ
j
ʊ
k
-/
,
[2]
US
:
/-
ˈ
t
æ
n
,
ˌ
j
uː
k
ɑː
ˈ
t
ɑː
n
/
;
[1]
[3]
[4]
Spanish
:
Península de Yucatán
pronounced
[jukaˈtan]
) is a large
peninsula
in southeastern
Mexico
and adjacent portions of
Belize
and
Guatemala
. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the
Gulf of Mexico
to the north and west of the peninsula from the
Caribbean Sea
to the east. The
Yucatán Channel
, between the northeastern corner of the peninsula and
Cuba
, connects the two bodies of water.