Equidistant conic

The equidistant conic projection was described by the Greek philosopher Claudius Ptolemy about A.D. 150. It is neither conformal or equal-area, but serves as a compromise between them. The scale is true along all meridians and the standard parallels.

dlon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale or Dlon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/width

The projection is set with d or D. The projection center is set by lon0/lat0 and two standard parallels for the map are set with lat1/lat2. The figure size is set with scale or width.

import pygmt

fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(
    shorelines="1/0.5p",
    region=[-88, -70, 18, 24],
    projection="D-79/21/19/23/12c",
    land="lightgreen",
    water="lightblue",
    frame="afg",
)
fig.show()