A. Mapa Ethnografico del Archipelago Filipino por el Dr. D. Fernando Blumentritt, by Smithsonian Institute, dated 1899 (15.5 x 22.4"). This map, created by Ferdinand Blumentritt, was originally published in the Boletin de la Sociedad Geografica de Madrid and here issued in a Smithsonian report shortly after the United States assumed control of the Philippines and on the cusp of the Philippine-American War (1899-1902). It does not emphasis physical features or political boundaries like most wartime maps do, but instead presents ethnography. The map is color-coded to show Christian Filipinos, new Christians and non-believers, and Muslim regions. In addition, 63 different local tribes are keyed to the map providing a complete perspective of the inhabitants on these islands. Lithographed by Norris Peters in Washington.

B. Mindanao Distribution of Races, by U.S. Government, dated 1900 (12.2 x 13.1"). This small map of Mindanao in the southern Philippines is color-coded to show the distribution of the Visayan and Moro peoples as well as "Pagan tribes" in the interior. A note below the legend indicates that "the towns entered on this map are occupied by U.S. troops."

References: Phillips (Philippine Islands) #473 & #689.

Condition: A+

Fine. Issued folding.