This article will survey a selection of maps associated with North American investment, colonization, and tourism in Cuba during the first 15 years following the Spanish American War; during this period, the United States intermittently occupied Cuba and contemplated annexing the country. Indeed, various railroad, steamship, and land companies, as well as journals such as the Cuba Review began to publish maps of Cuba. The maps emphasized how seamless and effortless travel could be to Havana and beyond. This paper will further show how these maps helped to make certain towns and scenic areas tangible to the American traveling public. Maps were often part of promotional literature leading tourists, colonists, and investors to have certain expectations of a new Cuba in which they could experience a healthy, safe, modern, land of abundance, but whose long history with Spain and long experience with multi-culturalism were either minimized or erased.

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1898-1913 年旅游、商业和殖民地图如何塑造北美对古巴的看法

本文将调查美西战争后前 15 年中与北美在古巴的投资、殖民和旅游业相关的精选地图；在此期间，美国断断续续地占领古巴并考虑吞并该国。事实上，各种铁路、轮船和土地公司，以及《古巴评论》等期刊都开始出版古巴地图。这些地图强调了前往哈瓦那及其他地方的无缝和轻松旅行。本文将进一步展示这些地图如何帮助美国旅游公众了解某些城镇和风景区。地图通常是宣传资料的一部分，引导游客、殖民者和投资者对新古巴抱有一定的期望，在那里他们可以体验健康、安全、现代、富饶的土地，