Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Idols of the Mandan Indians Ethnographic and they were well received

and they were well received by average Americans

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

Audubon" (imprint)

this is so much superior in size to the rest that it bears to them the same proportion as a Golden Eagle to a Goshawk

Europeans read avidly of the sights and experiences of  the voyage

Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Idols of the Mandan Indians Ethnographic and they were well receivedKARL 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