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Auction 166, Lot 118

"Map Showing Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States", U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Subject: United States

Period: 1889 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
33.4 x 20.9 inches
84.8 x 53.1 cm
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This large map of the United States focuses on the many Indian Reservations in the United States as of 1889. The reservations are named and shown in orange overprinting. The map also shows military stations, towns and villages, railroads, Indian agencies, and training schools. Includes insets of reservations in California and Indian Territory at bottom. Compiled under the direction of T.J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding on a bright sheet with faint color offsetting, several short splits at fold intersections, and a short binding tear confined to the left blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/14/2018

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