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Giacomo Beltrami. Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779 – January 6, 1855) was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States (later expeditions determined a different source). In Minnesota, Beltrami (in Polk County ...
Oil on canvas painting of Giacomo Beltrami. Painted in 1931 by Gian Antonio Micheli. Born in 1779 in the Lombardy region of Italy, Giacomo Costantino Beltrami achieved fame and fortune at a young age. When political pressure and personal loss spurred him to leave home, he set out to explore the world. Today he is best known for an account of ...
The earliest surviving Native American flute of wood comes to us from an Italian adventurer who traipsed across present-day Minnesota in search of the headwaters of the Mississippi River, Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779-1855, also known as J. C. Beltrami, middle name often mis-spelled “Constantino”, and called “Fra Giacomo” late in life).
Nov 19, 2013 · Painted in. 1931 by Gian Antonio Micheli. Born in 1779 in the Lombardy region of Italy, Giacomo Costantino Beltrami achieved fame and fortune at a young age. When political pressure and personal ...
- Mary Treacy
1. In the serious story of the exploration of the Mississippi River, there is one unique and preposterous character. He is Giacomo Constantino Beltrami, an Italian of comic-opera proportions. Beltrami was in every way a glorious misfit. He was wayward, unpredictable, and humorous. It was impossible for him to be anything but a charming maverick ...
Giacomo Beltrami is described as a jack-of-all-trades. He was a legal scholar, a judge and a journalist. Today on August 22nd, we celebrate the legacy he left behind in Northern Minnesota. “The monument you see behind me was erected by the state conservation department, today known as the Department of Natural Resources, and they set this up ...
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This book presents the travels and experiences of Giacomo Beltrami in the U.S. in the nineteenth century. Among his many journeys, this Italian soldier, scholar, and world traveler accompanied Major Stephen Long on an 1823 expedition up the St. Peter's (Minnesota) River from Fort Snelling to its source.
