German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist (1782–1867)

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Brazil: a member of the Von Wied expedition is digging into a turtle's nest to get at the eggs, another man wearing a long cape and a hat (Maximilian Prinz von Wied?) stands nearby, watching. Etching by W. Read.

São Fidélis, Brazil: the mission church with houses on the Rio Paraíba, with wooded mountains behind. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.

Human and animal skulls placed on the ground as offerings by the Mandan Indians of North America. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.

Human and animal skulls placed on the ground as offerings by the Mandan Indians. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, 1839.

A man from the Mandan tribe is looking up at two idols placed on wooden sticks; a village in the background. Aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.

Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817 / Von Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied. Mit zwei und zwanzig Kupfern, neunzehn Vignetten und drei Karten.

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Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied

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São Fidélis, Brazil: the mission church with houses on the Rio Paraíba, with wooded mountains behind. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.

Human and animal skulls placed on the ground as offerings by the Mandan Indians of North America. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.

Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817 / Von Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied. Mit zwei und zwanzig Kupfern, neunzehn Vignetten und drei Karten.

A man from the Mandan tribe is looking up at two idols placed on wooden sticks; a village in the background. Aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.

Brazil: a member of the Von Wied expedition is digging into a turtle's nest to get at the eggs, another man wearing a long cape and a hat (Maximilian Prinz von Wied?) stands nearby, watching. Etching by W. Read.

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