Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Idols of the Mandan Indians Ethnographic AD 43)Tipus Orbis Universalis Iuxta

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Earlier English maps more generally focused on the Mississippi River valley rather than the river itself

but this multi-stone color lithograph was printed by Bachman himself

Audubon" (imprint)

Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Idols of the Mandan Indians Ethnographic AD 43)Tipus Orbis Universalis IuxtaKARL BODMER From Travels in the Interior of North America Hand colored aquatint engravings Paris, 1832 1843 Sheet Size: 24 3 4 x 18 THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOK ON AMERICAN INDIAN LIFE AND THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. Karl Bodmer was a little known Swiss painter when he was chosen by Prince Maximilian of Prussia to accompany his voyage to America, in order to document in pictorial terms the expedition. With the rest of Maximilians company, the two traveled among