This poignant map was prepared by W.T. Hornaday for a report to the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution. It traces in red the boundary of the area once inhabited by buffalo. The area outlined in blue and green reflects the tragic and systematic destruction of these herds. The numbers in green represent the location and number of the wild buffalo in existence January 1, 1889. Barely 800 bison were known to exist when this map was published.

Included with the map is the historically important article "The Extermination of the American Bison, with a Sketch of its Discovery and Life History." Disbound, the 182 pp. of text includes 21 plates and provides an important historical context for the map.

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Condition: A

The map is issued folding with binding trim at left. A few of the first and last pages of the report are loose, although the report is otherwise in very good condition with light toning.