Author: NOVARA.
Title: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. (Teil 7:) Nautisch-physicalischer Teil. (R.Müller, Geographische Ortsbestimmungen; F.Schaub, Fluthbeobachtungen; R.Müller & F.Schaub, Magnetische Beobachtungen; B.v.Wüllerstorf & R.Müller, Meterologische Beobachtungen.
Description: Wien 1862-1865. 4to. xix, 498 pp. W.25 charts, of which 10 folding, & folding map of the Nicobars (45x65cm); other 6 maps missing. Contemporary gilt brown half-morocco with 5 raised bands by R. Ridelius, Upsala. (libr.stamps on fly-leaf and title, some pages edge spotted) ¶ The Novara sailed around the world in two years (April 1857 to August 1859) with a team of scientists. The observations (& charts) mainly cover the southern hemisphere, esp. the Pacific and Indian Ocean.

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