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1946 Map of Maricao

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Maricao
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

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The agricultural landscape of Maricao and the high interior ridges of the Cordillera Central define this mid-1940s survey. This region of western Puerto Rico is marked by a dense network of coffee and sugar estates, including Hacienda San Antonio, Hacienda Santa Rita, and Hacienda Lealtad, showing the dominance of the plantation economy before the island's mid-century industrial shifts.

Settlements like Pueblo Nuevo appear alongside institutional landmarks such as the Segunda Unidad Escuela Vocacional Francisco Vicenty and Iglesia Purísima. To the south, the protected lands of the Bosque Insular de Maricao cover the heights near Cerro Gordo and Campamento Buena Vista. The intricate drainage systems of the Río Maricao and Río Lajas illustrate the complex topography that isolated these mountain communities for generations.