Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied was a German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist. He led a pioneering expedition to southeast Brazil between 1815 and 1817, from which the album Re
Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
Memorial to Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied in Mount Vernon Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Encampment of the travellers on the Missouri. Maximilian is likely the man on the right in blue smoking a pipe. Aquatint illustration by Karl Bodmer from Maximilian Prince of Wied’s Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834.
The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians Near Fort Clark. Maximilian is apparently the man in green holding a gun. Aquatint illustration by Karl Bodmer from Maximilian Prince of Wied’s Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834.
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Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet in northeastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located northeast of the Rhine River flanking the northern side of the city of Neuwied. Wied-Neuwied emerged from the
Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
…neuwiedii, and Ramphotyphlops wiedii. Wied was born in Neuwied, the grandson of the ruling count (after 1784 prince) Johann Friedrich Alexander of Wied-Neuwied. Born at the end of the European Enlightenment, Maximilian became friends with two of its major figures: Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, a major comparative…
Neuwied Castle