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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).
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.
by Enrico Scuri. 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 ...
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Dec 7, 2018 · Beltrami and the Indians of the Upper Mississippi River, 1823. The most significant ethnographic collection of North American Indian objects in Italy was assembled among the tribes of the Middle and Upper Mississippi River in 1823 by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779–1855) from Bergamo.
- Paul Michael Taylor, Cesare Marino
- 2020
Nov 19, 2013 · On August 28, Beltrami found what he believed was the source of the Mississippi and the Red River of the North. He christened the site Giulia (Lake Julia) in honor of his late friend. He...
- Mary Treacy
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.
BELTRAMI, Giacomo Costantino. (Bergamo, 1779--Filottrano, Italy, Jan. 6, 1855). The earliest surviving Native American wooden flute was discovered by an Italian adventurer who traveled across present-day Minnesota in search of the headwaters of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
