Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Idols of the Mandan Indians Ethnographic The map and the margins

The map and the margins outside the oval projection are filled with scenes

a few maps with creased fore-edges

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

Outraged by the violence

Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Idols of the Mandan Indians Ethnographic The map and the marginsKARL 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