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- Presentation MAXIMILIAN - BODMER EXPEDITION November 2008 Maximilian Bodmer Expedition Prince Maximilian German naturalist and ethnologist Karl Bodmer Swiss artist Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied Karl Bodmer
November 2008
Karl Bodmer (1809-1893)
Prince Maximilian – German naturalist and ethnologist
Karl Bodmer – Swiss artist
Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867)
Karl Bodmer, Scene on the “Janus”
Spring 1832 – Set sail from Europe to North America on the brig Janus
Goal – sail up the Missouri River and record their observations
Document Native Americans
Karl Bodmer, The Brig Janus
July 4th they entered the port of Boston
Prince Charles of Wied, Prince Maximilian of Wied with his Brother Prince Charles
Make their way to St. Louis and board the Yellow Stone steamboat
Karl Bodmer, Snags (Sunken Trees) on the Missouri Karl Bodmer, The Steamboat Yellow Stone
Reach Bellevue May 1833
Karl Bodmer, View of the Missouri, Blackbird’s Grave Karl Bodmer, Bellevue Agency, Post of Major Dougherty
Karl Bodmer, The White Castles on the Missouri Karl Bodmer, Fort McKenzie
The result of the expedition – completed in 1834
2,000 pages of notes
400 drawings & paintings
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