Map of the Indian Tribes of North America. / Gallatin, Albert / 1836

Map of the Indian Tribes of North America. Gallatin, Albert, 1836

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Full Title: Map of the Indian Tribes of North America about 1600 A.D. along the Atlantic; & about 1800 A.D. westwardly. Published by the Amer: Antiq: Soc: From a drawing by Hon: A. Gallatin.

Author: Gallatin, Albert

Date: 1836

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Author: Gallatin, Albert

Date: 1836

Short Title: Map of the Indian Tribes of North America.

Publisher: Cambridge: The University Press

Type: Book Map

Object Height cm: 38

Object Width cm: 42

Scale 1: 18,000,000

Note: Map in color by tribe. Map extends from Alaska and Baffin's Bay in the north to Florida in the south. Accompanied by a color-coded key.

Reference: Wheat 417; Howes G30.

World Area: North America

Country: Canada ; United States

Full Title: Map of the Indian Tribes of North America about 1600 A.D. along the Atlantic; & about 1800 A.D. westwardly. Published by the Amer: Antiq: Soc: From a drawing by Hon: A. Gallatin.

List No: 3388.001

Series No: 2

Engraver or Printer: Pendleton's Lithography

Published In: A Synopsis of the Indian Tribes within the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, and in the British and Russian Possessions in North America. By the Hon. Albert Gallatin. (In: Archaeologia Americana. Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Vol II. Cambridge: Printed For The Society, At The University Press. 1836).

Publication Author: Gallatin, Albert

Publication Date: 1836

Publication Reference: Wheat 417; Howes G30.

Publication Note: The map, in addition to its abundant information regarding the Indian Tribes, shows J. Smith's route of 1827 across the Great Basin, one of the earliest American maps to do so. See the later version of this map published in 1848.

Publication List No: 3388.000

Publication Type: Exploration Book

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 22

Publication Width cm: 15

Image No: 3388001

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