Old Colonial Zone Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Maps

1755 map of the walled city of santo domingo, colonial zone

The maps name is: Stadt St. Domingo. C. F. Fritzsch, sculp. Chedel, del.

This map is thought to be created and published by Leipzig in 1755. It is a perspective map and not drawn to scale. This is a birds-eye-view of the original fort which is now the Colonial Zone.

The map is located in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

The digital ID of this map is: g4954s ct000107 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4954s.ct000107

All of these maps come from the Library of Congess web site. You can see more of these maps there

1805 map of the city of Santo Domingo, Fort Santo Domingo, at Colonial Zone in Santo Domingo

This maps name is: Plan du siège de Santo Doming[o] par Dess[a]lines, chef des révoltes de St. Domingue, forme le 15 ventôse et levé le 8 germinal an 13.

It was created/published in 1805. It is a relief map showing the shadows and depth perspective. It is a pen and watercolor drawing. The full version that can be found in the Library of Congress

This map is stored in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

Digital ID: g4954s ct000102 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4954s.ct000102

I cropped this section out of the map to show the Colonial City. It is interesting to see the buildings and the out skirts of the city. There seems to be nothing out there.

Here are some very old maps of the Dominican Republic, which at this time the country was called Hispanola or Santo Domingo. It is interesting to see Colonial Zone when it was fresh and new (here is a historical document I found where the writer describes the city and island). The maps of the entire country are interesting to compare.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did when I found them.

old map Publisheds in 1774 by Joseph Spear

old map published in 1752 by Luis Drake Mountains Map

Louis Drake Mountains Map

Map Title: North America, performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood; by the Sieur d'Anville, greatly improved by Mr. Bolton. Engraved by R. W. Seale. For Mr. Postlethwayte's Dictionary of trade and commerce. Gravelot, delin; Walker, sculp

Created/Published: [London] Printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1752.

Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area.

Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

Map call number: G3300 1752 .B62 Vault

The Maps Digital ID: g3300 ar001300 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ar001300

It is interesting to see in this map the shape of the island and the names of the towns. if you look at the other maps of the islands each has the island shaped a little differently.

Joseph Spear map

To His Royal Highness. George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies, is humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness faithful & obedient servant Joseph Smith Speer. Thos. Bowen, sculpt.

Speer, Joseph Smith.

Created/Published: Westminster, 1774.

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermudas, and northern South America. Includes acknowledgment dated Jan. 25, 1774 at Plantation Office, Whitehall by John Pownall, secry.

Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

Map call number: G4390 1774 .S62 Vault Oversize

Maps digital ID: g4390 ar169900 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4390.ar169900

It is interesting to see the names of the towns at that time. Also Dominican Republic seems to have been known as Santo Domingo.

A drawing of the original city of Santo Domingo - Colonial Zone. It is interesting to note the way the buildings look at this time and to notice that many of them are still the same today.

Historical Documents (A Voyage to North America and Notes of a Journey) | Index of Colonial Zone Historical Sights and Monuments | Observe at the constellations Celestial Star Map | Watch the clouds float by with the Water Vapor and Cloud Cover Maps. (If there is a hurricane you can see the funnel cloud).

Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace, La Romana, Dominican Republic

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These maps are of Sir Francis Drakes early voyages. He visited many parts of the island of Hispanola and other parts of the West Indies (as the area was called at that time). this is a PDF version and you can click on the maps to enlarge them.

PDF maps (opens in a new window). More information on Sir Francis Drake.

Old Antique Maps of Colonial Zone / Mapas Antiguos de la Zona Colonial