Islands of the Bahamas & West Indies

Islands of the Bahamas and West Indies
Hand-Drawn Antique-Style Nautical Map of the Caribbean, Bahamas & Gulf of Mexico.
The Old-World Style Cartography Art with Mermaids & Sea Monsters captures the spirit of the islands. 
 
Most popular: 32" w × 24″ h, printed on archival paper.
Custom Framed options available here.
 
Drawn and painted by hand with India ink and layered with a watercolor wash.
Nothing is computer-generated here. 
 
The idea for this Caribbean chart formed around an idyllic day: the trade winds (as a cherub) gently playing with old sailing ships and Magnificent Frigatebirds, the sun setting in the Gulf, the passages marked for easy navigation, and embellished with my mermaids and sea monsters.
 
The chart shows the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, down through the Caribbean archipelago, into the Gulf of Mexico, to the Yucatan Peninsula, and down the east coast of Central America. I've included a few small islands off the coast simply because I was playing or living there and wanted to see them on a map. Isla Mujeres, Ambergris Caye, The Bay Islands of Honduras. I drift the coastline south to Rio Dulce, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and down to the north coast of South America to Isla Margarita and Trinidad.
 
My mermaids and sea dragons create themselves when I settle into the sun-dabbled corner of my mind on a stack of floor pillows with my box of sixty-four Crayola Crayons with its built-in sharpener, pens, and loads of paper. 
This chart has the romantic old-world aesthetic, but it has the ports of today, the places we drop anchor (and drag anchor). As reference material, I use GPS locations, satellite images, and nautical charts, so my maps are pretty accurate compared to the cartographers of old, who were limited to celestial navigation or the captain's rum-soaked notes. Still, I don't advise charting your course on a map with mermaids and sea monsters.
 
Pour a rum, sit back, and let this map transport you to idyllic Caribbean days. Whether you're a seasoned sailor or an armchair traveler, it's a journey worth framing.
 
Technical Details:
Printed using a museum-quality giclée process with archival pigmented inks on fine art paper or canvas
With proper care, prints are designed to retain their color and detail for decades
Paper and rolled canvas prints ship in reinforced protective tubes
Stretched canvas prints ship flat
Images shown online are watermarked; your print will arrive without watermarks
Rolled canvas is available for collectors who prefer custom framing or stretching, and for oversized works