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Map illustrating the extermination of the American bison

Shows areas of die-off and of systematic extermination, range of herds up to 1889, and years of extermination in specific locations. Relief shown by shading. Vol. published in 1889, 1887 is the year of the Annual Report.

Date
1889
Mapmaker / publisher
Hornaday, William T. (William Temple); Hornaday, William T
Place
North America
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
5,682 × 7,169 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Map illustrating the extermination of the American bison" (1889). Hornaday, William T. (William Temple); Hornaday, William T. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_illustrating_the_extermination_of_the_American_bison_LOC_2002628195.jpg

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