Travels in the interior of North America / by Maximilian, Prince of Wied. With numerous engravings on wood, and a large map. Translated from the German, by H. Evans Lloyd. To accompany the original series of eighty-one elaborately coloured plates.

By: Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867
Contributor(s): Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771-1847 | Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893
Publisher: London : Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand, MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV. [1843-1844].Description: x, [2], 520 p. : ill., fold. map. ; 32 cm. + 1 atlas (2 p., 81 leaves of plates (78 col.) ; 61 cm.).Subject(s): Indians of North America | Natural history -- United States | United States -- Description and travelOwnership: From the library of Henry Christy, 1810-1865
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Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Rare fKUB [WIE-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00005046
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Rare F.1.D.1. [V.1] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00005045
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The plates of the atlas are from sketches made by Karl Bodmer; they include portraits from life of American Indians; legends in German, French and English.

From the library of Henry Christy, 1810-1865. UkLoBM