Antique Map Showing the Locations of Native American Tribes in 1899

€ 650

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1899
Sheet size: 58 × 87.5 cm (22.8 × 34.4 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-11784

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Beautiful colors, few small defects on folding lines. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

The Native American reservations of the United States in 1899, the large folding "Map Showing the Indian Reservations within the Limits of the United States," compiled under the direction of Hon. W. A. Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The title appears in a circular cartouche at the lower right, dated 1899, and the sheet is a color printed map.

The map covers the whole of the continental United States, with each state in a separate tint and the reservations shown in dark red-brown, so that they stand out from the surrounding territory. Large numerals mark the groups of states, and the larger reserves of the Dakotas, Montana, the Southwest and the Oklahoma lands appear as bold blocks, with the many small reserves of the Pacific coast and Great Lakes scattered between them. Two small insets in the lower margin enlarge areas where the reservations are too small to show on the main sheet, and Alaska appears at the lower left.

The map locates the lands reserved to Native American tribes as of 1899, at a time when reservation lands had already been greatly reduced from their earlier extent.