Author: HOCHSTETTER, DR. FERDINAND VON
Title: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Geologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Erste Abtheilung: Geologische Beobachtungen. Zweite Abtheilung: Palaeontologische Mittheilungen.
Description: Wien, Kaiserliche Akademie Der Wissenschaften. 1867, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book, Part two. xiv, 268 pages, 3 colour plates, 9 b/w plates, 33 wood cuts (all illustrations present). Short closed tears on spine, otherwise very good. Unopened. Rare volume of the voyage of the Austrian frigate Novara which covers the geological and palaeontological results of the voyage apart from New Zealand. Gibraltar, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Colony in South Africa, the subantarctic islands of St Paul and Amsterdam in the South Indian Ocean, Nicobar islands: Kar Nicobar, Batti Malve, Tillangschong, Kamorta, Trinkut, Nangkauri, Treis, Trak, Pulo milo, kondul Great Nicobar, Java, Stewart Atoll in the Pacific. The geological excursions in Java were undertaken together with the famous Java explorer Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn. Very Good.

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