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American Experience: Views of a Vanishing Frontier

American Experience (1988)

Documentary | United States

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 13 - Views of a Vanishing Frontier

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The journey of Prince Maximilian, German naturalist, and artist Karl Bodmer, who explored the Mississippi River area from 1832-34, meticulously documenting in paintings and journals the landscape, plants and life of Native Americans.

RUNTIME: 55 min

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