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Auction 195, Lot 214

"Map of the Former Territorial Limits of the Cherokee "Nation of" Indians Exhibiting the Boundaries of the Various Cessions of Land Made by Them to the Colonies and to the United States...", Royce, C. C.

Subject: Southern United States

Period: 1884 (dated)

Publication: Bureau of Ethnology - Fifth Annual Report

Color: Printed Color

Size:
31.5 x 28.4 inches
80 x 72.1 cm
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The title continues, "...Made by Them to the Colonies and to the United States by Treaty Stipulations, from the Beginning of Their Relations with the Whites to the Date of Their Removal West of the Mississippi River." The map shows the former territorial limits of the Cherokee Nation between the Ohio and Tennessee rivers and the Appalachian Mountains. A key lists 36 cessions from 1721 to 1835, all of which are numbered and colored on the map. Showing many villages, forts, and Indian Agencies, the map portrays an important period in Native American history.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with numerous fold separations that have been mostly closed on verso with archival tape. There is a small abrasion below the "E" of Kentucky.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $110

Closed on 11/15/2023

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