Ethnographic Map of the Indian Tribes of the United States, A.D. 1600, 1849-1855, Seth Eastman, American, 1808–1875, 9 × 12 in. (22.86 × 30.48 cm) (image)9 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (24.61 × 32.7 cm) (sheet), Pen, ink, and watercolor, United States, 19th century, This map of Native languages is based on one by Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), a geographer and diplomat who was the first to classify these linguistic boundaries, in 1826. The vivid colors (Minnesota is pink) are especially well preserved. Map-making had always been Seth Eastman’s love. He even wrote a textbook on topographical drawing used at West Point, his alma mater.
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