The 100th anniversary of the Spanish American War was celebrated in 1998. McElfresh Map Co. published a map of Santiago de Cuba in commemoration of the war. The map is drawn in general conformity with maps drawn by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. A 1980 Soviet General Staff map supplied corroboratory details. A number of contemporaneous Spanish-American War maps provided the cultural and physical details and the look of the battlefield in 1898. The scale is 1" = 4224'
The reverse side includes a narrative entitled "General J. C. Breckinridge's Notes on a War" which describes various aspects of the life among the American, Cuban and Spanish soldiers. There are also reproductions of the guidon of Company G, a field telephone used during the war, and a photograph of the Rough Riders gathering for inspection in Tampa, Florida. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. A History Book Club Selection
