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Auction 202, Lot 182

"[Map in Book] Map Showing Indian Reservations in the United States West of the 83rd Meridian and Number of Indians Belonging Thereto 1879 [in] Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1879", U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Subject: Western United States

Period: 1879 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
18.1 x 13.1 inches
46 x 33.3 cm
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This map locates and names Indian Reservations within the western United States and notes the population of each reservation. Major tracts are visible in the Dakotas, Montana, Washington, Arizona, Colorado and Indian Territory. The map also locates Indian agencies, military forts, and Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming. The map is still bound into the front of the 392-page report which also includes a number of single-page maps. Hardbound in brown cloth with gilt title on spine.

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Condition: A

Condition code is for the folding map which is clean and bright. Text has a hint of pleasant light toning throughout. Covers have light wear and bumped corners.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/12/2025

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