{"product_id":"old-topographic-map-of-miami-everglades-1969-intracoastal-waterway-miami-beach-tamiami-trail-us-1-biscayne-bay","title":"Old Topographic Map of Miami-Everglades, 1969: Intracoastal Waterway, Miami Beach, Tamiami Trail, US 1, Biscayne Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreated in 1969 by the USGS, this authoritative map of Miami and the adjoining Everglades captures a pivotal late‑1960s snapshot when metropolitan ambition pressed against one of the world’s great wetlands. Political boundaries and urban development zones are rendered with scientific clarity, while color-coded land and water delineations reveal the delicate transition from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to sprawling marsh. A precise grid system anchors navigation across the region, and major roads and highways stand out in red, tracing the arteries that connected city, suburb, and park. From Miami Beach and Key Biscayne to the interior, the composition balances the engineered cityscape with the vast, water-governed geography that defined South Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the composition lies Everglades National Park, depicted not as empty space but as a living mosaic of marshland, sloughs, and tree islands. Detailed topographical elevation, subtle yet telling, conveys the minute changes in relief that steer the region’s entire hydrology. The map fixes a historical baseline in the era of mid‑century flood‑control—canals and waterways are carefully plotted, from coastal channels to inland cuts that redirected seasonal flows. The Tamiami Trail skirts the marsh in bold red, signaling both access and constraint. Seen together, these elements document the tension between ecological function and engineered control that shaped South Florida just before the modern environmental movement redirected policy and public imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEqually compelling is the portrait of metropolitan growth. Miami’s core spreads toward Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, and South Miami, while Hialeah, Doral, Sweetwater, Westchester, Kendall, Pinecrest, Cutler Bay, Goulds, Richmond Heights, Homestead, and Florida City map the postwar suburbia pushing along U.S. 1, the Palmetto, and Florida’s Turnpike. Overtown appears within the central grid, a historic neighborhood soon to be reshaped by interstate construction, giving the map added social resonance. Political boundaries of counties and municipalities are crisply defined, illuminating jurisdictional edges that influenced zoning and infrastructure. Urban development zones contrast with adjacent wetlands, underscoring how proximity to the Everglades governed settlement patterns, drainage needs, and the siting of canals and levees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the coast, the map offers a superb reading of Biscayne Bay and the barrier islands. Miami Beach and Key Biscayne form slender arcs guarding the bay, linked to the mainland by causeways set off in red. Rivers, lakes, and the Intracoastal Waterway, together with the Miami River and the New River near Fort Lauderdale, are plotted with the cartographic rigor long associated with USGS work, indispensable to engineers and planners alike. The rendering of coastal flats, mangrove margins, and drainage canals clarifies the delicate balance between saline and fresh waters. Here, the cartography doubles as environmental narrative, showing how engineered channels met the tides at the literal edge of the metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, this 1969 survey is significant for fixing Miami-Dade County and adjoining Broward and parklands at a turning point—after decades of reclamation but before the late‑20th‑century conservation pivot. It preserves the urban footprint before the next wave of expressways and suburbs, and it captures the Everglades as restoration debates began to crystallize. The grid system, road network in red, political boundaries, and meticulously recorded waterways together create a master key to the region’s evolving landscape. For historians, environmental scholars, and collectors of American cartography, it is a lucid, time-stamped testament to the entwined destinies of city and wetland in Southern Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaces on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHomestead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlorida City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverglades National Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey Biscayne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoral Gables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHialeah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFort Lauderdale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCutler Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOvertown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiami Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoconut Grove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Miami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePinecrest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKendall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweetwater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichmond Heights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoulds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestchester\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverglades National Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiami metropolitan area boundaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor water bodies, including rivers and lakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoads and highways indicated in red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrid system for navigational reference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed topographical elevation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAreas of marshland and wetlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitical boundaries of counties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUrban development zones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocation of waterways and canals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap Title: Miami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate Created: 1969\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker\/Publisher: United States Geological Survey (USGS) — a U.S. government scientific agency known for research and mapping on natural resources, hazards, and ecosystems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional Notes: Created as a historically informative detailed political and physical map of the Miami Everglades area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign\/Style: Color coding for land use and natural features, along with a grid system for navigational reference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Significance: Captures the geographical and ecological state of the Miami area in the late 1960s, offering insight into development and environmental features of the time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 24x36in (60x90cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/it\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x18in (30x45cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58730652565888,"sku":null,"price":364.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x18in (30x45cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58730652598656,"sku":null,"price":978.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x18in (30x45cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58730652631424,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58730652664192,"sku":null,"price":364.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58730652696960,"sku":null,"price":978.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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