Ferdinand Hochstetter’s trip to Coromandel and Waiheke Island, 7–13 June 1859
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper presents an annotated English translation of Ferdinand Hochstetter’s handwritten German-language manuscript diary from the period 7-13 June 1859 when he travelled on Captain John Grundy’s cutter Maid of the Mill to Coromandel and Waiheke Island in the company of Charles Heaphy and Julius Haast. Heaphy, explorer, surveyor, landscape artist and expert on the Coromandel goldfields, furnished Hochstetter with valuable information, and his maps, watercolours and pencil sketches from the excursion add visual evidence to the text. The diary is complemented by Auckland War Memorial Museum’s archival volume (MS-18) of receipts from Hochstetter’s visit and geological survey commissioned by the Auckland Provincial Government.
Authors: Sascha Nolden, Hugh R. Grenfell
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4406766357