Book Description

Introduction: Ferdinand Hochstetter in Context / James BraundPart One: Aspects of the German-Speaking Scientific Connectionwith New Zealand in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesConflicting Anthropological Concepts: Georg Forster and JohannReinhold Forster on New Zealand /Horst DippelThe Broken-Hearted Botanist visits the 'Land of Crimes and Horrors':Baron Carl von Hiigel in New Zealand, March 1834 / Peter ClayworthSven Berggren's 1873-1875 Journey to New Zealand / Ivo HolmqvistNazi Gold, Courageous Sailors, and Intrepid Astronomers: GermanConnections with the Auckland Islands / Elliot W. Dawson and Hilmar W. DuerbeckHermann Krone's Record of the German Scientific Expedition to theAuckland Islands to Observe the Transit of Venus, 1874-1875 / James BadePlace Names and Human Contact with the Auckland Islands:The 1874 German Expedition in Context / David BadePart Two: Ferdinand Hochstetter and the Novara ExpeditionUtopias and Visions: Austria's Unsuccessful Attempts at OverseasColonisation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, and the Roleof the Novara Expedition / Hermann MücklerThe Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian FrigateSMS Novara, 1857-1859: Economic and Colonial Motivations andthe Forgotten Photographer / David G. L. WeissAustrian Scientists in New Zealand - with an Emphasis on Three LesserKnown Members (Frauenfeld, Jelinek, Selleny) of the Novara Expedition / Christa Riedl-DornBotany and Botanists (Ferdinand Hochstetter, Georg Frauenfeld, AntonJelinek, Eduard Schwarz) on the Circumnavigation of the Globe by theAustrian Frigate Novara / Robert PilsThe Painter of the Novara, Joseph Selleny (1824-1875) / Helge SellenyDoing Fieldwork in a Young Colony: Ferdinand Hochstetter in NewZealand / James Braund'I have called it Dunite' : Dr Hochstetter in Nelson - 4 August to2 October 1859 / Michael JohnstonAugustus Koch (1834-1901) and Hochstetter's North Island ExpeditionRolf W. BrednichMr Hamel The Photographist / John WebsterFerdinand Hochstetter in Australia, 1858-1859 / Michael Organ.