A Map of the Fortified Country of a Man's Heart

Connecticut Historical Society:   Printed by D. W. Kellogg & Co. , Hartford, CT, 1830 - 1840  Fortified Country of Man’s Heart is portrayed as a citadel, bristling with defenses intended to ward off attack.  The outer redoubt is the Dread of Matrimony; at the center is the Citadel of Self Love.  Much of the country appears inhospitable to romance, with such regions as the Land of Love of Power, the Land of Love of Money, the Land of Love of Ease, and the Land of Love of Economy.   The Land of Romance occupies only one small corner of Man’s Heart.  

Has human nature remained constant since the 1830's?

Treating this as an elaborate metaphor.
Land of Love of Power-- guarded by Inner Breastworks of Fears of Petticoat Government

Description: "Map" is in the shape of a heart, with fortifications, the "Outer Redoubt of Dread of Matrimony," surrounding the left and upper portions and avenues, gates, and bridges leading towards the "Citadel of Self Love" at the center, through the "Land of Romance," the "Land of Love of Money," the "Land of Love of Power," the "Land of Love of Ease," and the "Land of Economy." Other "geographical" features--rivers, lakes, a forest, a prairie, a morass, are also labeled.

Features of map are labeled as follows:

 "OUTER REDOUBT OF DREAD OF MATRIMONY"

 "Moat of Prudence"

 "Inner Breast-work of Fears of Petticoat Government"

 "Avenue of Housewifery" 

"Gate of Convenience"

 "Helpmeet Bridge"

 LAND OF LOVE OF EATING" 

"Gingerbread / Palace" 

"LAND OF ECONOMY"

 "River of Hard Earnings"

 "River of Close Savings

" "Misers Lake"

"Avenue of / GOOD SENSE"

 "Gate of / Esteem"

 "Companion Bridge"

 "LAND OF LOVE OF POWER"

 "Sovereign / Peak"

 "Mountains of Pride"

 "LAND OF / BETTER JUDGMENT

" "IRRESOLUTION"

 "Insurmountable Rocks of ? Proposal" 

"R. Trop de Trouble"

 "Frozen Lakes / of Indifference"

"Avenue of / Good Temper" 

"Gate Slipshod"

 "Good Easy Soul Bridge"

 "LAND OF LOVE OF EASE"

 "Great & Little Drone Rivers" "

Reflection"

 "Silence"

 "Wall of dread of a Womans tongue" 

"Celibacy Outposts"

 "Cigar Grove"

 "Morass of Indolence"

 "Avenue of / BEAUTY" 

"Angel Gate Wide Open"

 "Forest of Fancy"

 "LAND OF ROMANCE"

 "Navigable River of Day Dreams"

 "R. Novel Reading"

 "Grand Avenue of / FORTU

NE.

" "Bridge of Good Security

" "Heiress Gate

" "Low Wall of Personal Dislike"

 "LAND OF / LOVE OF MONEY"

 "Dower River"

 "Lake of Pocket Book"

 "Observatory / of / Speculations"

 "Tandem Turnpike" "

Sell Soul / Market"

 "Whisker Prairie"

 "Citadel of / SELF LOVE"

 "Corner Towers of Suspicion"

A Map of the Open Country of Woman's Heart

Beauty, Virtue and Vice: Images of Women in Nineteenth-Century American Prints:  repetition of certain kinds of representations of women reveals how mainstream society thought about women and suggests their place in the world.   According to this map, Love is at the center of a woman's heart, and Sentimentality and Sentiment (including Good Sense, Discrimination, Hope, Enthusiasm, and Platonic Affection) take up a sizeable portion of the entire territory. This region of Sentiment and Sentimentality is separated from the larger, treacherous areas of a woman's heart: Selfishness and Coquetry pose dangers, especially to gentleman travelers, and these attributes suggest that all women are basically untrustworthy. The largest regions, Love of Admiration, Love of Dress, and Love of Display, all suggest that women are also essentially shallow and frivolous. 

via brainpickings

Description: "Map" is in the shape of a heart. Surrounding the Heart are the "COUNTRY OF SOLID WORTH," the "LAND OF OBLIVION," the "SEA OF WEALTH" and the "COUNTRY OF ELIGIBLENESS." Canals, Roads, a "Rail Road," and Rivers run between the "LOVE OF ADMIRATION," the "LOVE OF DISPLAY," the "LOVE OF DRESS," the "Region of SENTIMENT," etc. At the center is the "City and District / OF LOVE."

 "THE OPEN COUNTRY OF / WOMAN'S HEART, / Exhibiting its internal communications, and the facilities and dangers to Travellers therein.

" Features of map are labeled as follows:

 "COUNTRY OF SOLID WORTH"

 "LAND OF OBLIVION"

 "COUNTRY OF ELIGIBLENESS"

 "SEA OF WEALTH"

 "City and District / OF LOVE" 

"PATIENCE / Canal"

 "Region of / SENTIMENT"

 "HOPE"

 "ENTHUSIASM"

 "GOOD SENSE"

 "DISCRIMI-/NATION"

 "PRUDENCE

" "PLATONIC / AFFECTION"

 "FRIEND SHIP"

 "Dandy's Rest" 

"R. of Passive Musings"

 "R. Novel Reading"

 "Plain of / Susceptibility"

 "Land of / LOVE OF DRESS"

 "Pyramids of Fashion"

 "Feather Hill" "

Satin Plains"

 "R. Drain the Purse"

 "Cashmere Tambourtin"

 "Bonnet Ridge"

 "Land of / LOVE OF DISPLAY"

 "Belles Maisons"

 "Promentory of / Golden Fetters"

 "Old Man's / Darling Bay"

 "Bay of Establishment" 

"Jewelry Inlet"

 "Land of / LOVE OF ADMIRATION

" "Mole / Traps

 "Province of / Deception"

 "Rail Road - distance performed with incredible speed"

 "Beauxton" "R. Flattery

" "Lake of / Self Concern"

 "AFFECTATION" 

"Testing ground / of Uncertainty" 

"Land of / COQUETRY"

 "Caprice

" "Fickleness"

 "Labarinth [sic] of / False Hopes" 

"Town of / Lady's Privilege"

 "City of / Moi-Meme"

 "R. Indulgence - Steam Boat Communication with Moimeme"

 "Land of / SELFISHNESS" "District No. 1.