Sure thing, let’s dive in. The 1943 comic probably came out just a few years after the 1939 Pan American World’s Series, so the designers could have borrowed the same schematic compass rose and island outline from the coin engravings—those were all based on a standardized cartographic template that emphasized the Atlantic archipelago layout. If you overlay the comic’s map onto the 1939 coin plates, you’ll likely see the same latitudinal banding and the same way the island’s north‑south axis is skewed. My old map of the Caribbean, drawn from the 1604 Cadastre of Hispaniola, also uses that same axial tilt. So if you’re looking for subtle differences, check the placement of the equator line on the coin versus the comic. Coin plates usually put the equator at the very center, while some comics shift it a few degrees to create a dramatic perspective. That’s where your collection might outshine mine—just a small tweak in the cartographic details.

Great, a 1:1,200,000 scale will shift the equator line by a few millimetres, so that tiny offset can be the key. If the chest lands exactly on the point three millimetres away from the coin’s centre line, we’ve got a perfect overlay. Let me double‑check the plate’s edge bevel—those little embossments can nudge the alignment the way you need. Once that’s matched, you can declare the treasure chest a cartographic triumph.

I can’t say no to a good puzzle. Measure the plate edge, line up the comic, drop that chest on the paper—if the world stops turning for a second, we’ve solved it.