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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Schach, Paul |
| Title, Analytic | Maximilian Prinz zu Wied encounters Landsleute in the New World |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1995 |
| Volume ID | 30 |
| Location in Work | 1-17 |
| Abstract | Short biography of Alexander Philipp Maximilian (1782- ), the influence on von Humbolt on him, his expedition to Brazil and to North America. He undertook a study of Indian cultures and wrote "Tagebuch" and "Reise in das innere Nordamerika". In Brazil, prince Maximilian was enabled to achieve his two major scientific objectives through the substantial support to three German colleagues. In North America, too, a Landsmann helped the prince preserve memories of an Indian tribe that was soon to be destroyed by warfare and disease. In this country, the prince's contact with Germans and German Americans were many and varied. At that time the U.S. and the Western Indian lands were in a state of rapid transition, many aspects of which are reflected by Maximilian's keen observations. These include the arrival and settlement of immigrants, the preservation or loss of the German language, the establishment of farms and colonies and of missions among the Indians, etc. |
| Call Number | MKI--Journals |
| MKI Terms | United States/ Travel/ Literary criticism |