1965 Civic Education Service Pictorial Map of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

This is a 1965 Civic Education Service wall map of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which occupy the island of Hispaniola. This map was produced to educate schoolchildren about the Dominican Civil War and the continued dictatorship in Haiti.

A Closer Look

Haiti (green) occupies the western part of the island, while the Dominican Republic (orange) occupies the eastern part of the island. Pictorial illustrations highlight economic activities and natural resources within the two countries, including plantations for sugar cane, cotton, and coffee production, sugar refineries, and raising cattle. Copper, manganese, nickel, iron, and bauxite are mined.

A box above the Dominican Republic contains portraits of the main political players in the Dominican Civil War: Hector Garcia Godoy, Juan Bosch, Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno, and General Antonio Imbert Barreras. A portrait of Haitian President Francois Duvalier appears to the left of Haiti. A text box in the lower left corner details Haiti's crumbling economy, and it provides a short summary of how Francois Duvalier progressed from being a democratically elected president to a dictator. On the lower right, a text box provides a similar overview of the Dominican Republic's economy and a much longer summary of the Dominican Civil War.

Dominican Civil War

The Dominican Civil War (April 24, 1965 - September 3, 1965) erupted after civilian and military supporters of Juan Bosch, the overthrown democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic, ousted President Donald Reid Cabral. After this second coup, supporters of Reid (who was installed as president after a coup against Bosch) organized military elements known as 'Loyalists' into an armed campaign against the 'Constitutionalist' rebels. Bosch, the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic, was forced into exile in Puerto Rico after initiating plans to reform the military. A desire to protect U.S. civilians (and accusations of communist infiltration of Bosch's supporters) led to armed intervention by the United States, which sent over 15,000 paratroopers and Marines. The Organization of American States (OAS) became involved by April 30 and, by May 6, had organized the Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) to serve as a peacekeeping force. American troops began leaving the Dominican Republic on May 26, gradually handing over control to the IAPF. The first election after the civil war occurred on July 1, 1966, and the last of the IAPF left the Dominican Republic on September 21, 1966.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by the Civil Education Service as Volume 3, Number 2, on September 27, 1965. This is the only known cataloged example.