COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Obj Height cm:
38
Obj Width cm:
42
Scale 1:
18,000,000
Note:
Map in color by tribe. Map extends from Alaska and Baffin's Bay in the north to Florida in the south. Accompanied by a color-coded key.
Reference:
Wheat 417; Howes G30.
Full Title:
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America about 1600 A.D. along the Atlantic; & about 1800 A.D. westwardly. Published by the Amer: Antiq: Soc: From a drawing by Hon: A. Gallatin.
List No:
3388.001
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1836
Pub Title:
A Synopsis of the Indian Tribes within the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, and in the British and Russian Possessions in North America. By the Hon. Albert Gallatin. (In: Archaeologia Americana. Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Vol II. Cambridge: Printed For The Society, At The University Press. 1836).
Pub Reference:
Wheat 417; Howes G30.
Pub Note:
The map, in addition to its abundant information regarding the Indian Tribes, shows J. Smith's route of 1827 across the Great Basin, one of the earliest American maps to do so. See the later version of this map published in 1848.
Pub List No:
3388.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
22
Pub Width cm:
15
Image No:
3388001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Cambridge
Publisher:
The University Press
Type:
Book Map
World Area:
North America
Country:
Canada
Country:
United States
Subject:
Indians
Engraver or Printer:
Pendleton's Lithography
Publication Author:
Gallatin, Albert
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Author:
Gallatin, Albert
Date:
1836
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America.
