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  • São Fidélis, Brazil: the mission church with houses on the Rio Paraíba, with wooded mountains behind. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.
  • Botocudo people of the Rio-Grande de Belmonte, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.
  • Brazil: a member of the Von Wied expedition is digging into a turtle's nest to get at the eggs, another man wearing a long cape and a hat (Maximilian Prinz von Wied?) stands nearby, watching. Etching by W. Read.
  • Botocudo people, Brazil, settling a dispute by combat with batons. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.
  • Human and animal skulls placed on the ground as offerings by the Mandan Indians of North America. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.
  • Human and animal skulls placed on the ground as offerings by the Mandan Indians. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, 1839.
  • Puri Indians by the Paraiba river, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Zu Wied-Neuwied.
  • A man from the Mandan tribe is looking up at two idols placed on wooden sticks; a village in the background. Aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.