Historic Map : Johnson Map of Central America , Version 2, 1864, Vintage Wall Art

Historic Map : Johnson Map of Central America , Version 2, 1864, Vintage Wall ArtThis is A. J. Johnson and Ward's 1864 map of Central America. Covers Central America from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico to the Bay of Panama. Shows the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Jamaica appears in the upper right corner. Shows proposed roadways, cities, rivers, and ferry crossings. The lower left hand quadrant features three inset maps. In a clockwise fashion from top left these detail the Isthmus

This is A. J. Johnson and Ward's 1864 map of Central America. Covers Central America from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico to the Bay of Panama. Shows the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Jamaica appears in the upper right corner. Shows proposed roadways, cities, rivers, and ferry crossings. The lower left hand quadrant features three inset maps. In a clockwise fashion from top left these detail the Isthmus of Panama, the Nicaragua Route to the Pacific, and the Harbor of San Juan de Nicaragua. Two additional insets on the right hand side of the map show Aspinwall City and the City of Panama. Features the fretwork border common to Johnson's atlas work from 1864 to 1869. Based on a similar 1855 map by J. H. Colton. Steel plate engraving prepared by A. J. Johnson for publication as page no.