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Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Motu roa an der Mercury-Bay, Nordinsel. (saulenformiger Tra...
Date: 1858 - 1864 - 1860
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Grefe, Konrad, 1823-1917
Reference: B-187-012
Description: Shows the volcanic rock formations at Mercury Bay, with two sailing ships in the bay and two waka at the water's edge. Tree ferns feature prominently in the foreground A similar view by Heaphy in pencil and sepia ('Moturoa basaltic rock. Mercury Island. No.8' [1850s?]), privately owned Although the item states 'zu Seite 89' (opposite p.89), it is in fact opposite p.80 in the published work Other Titles - Motu roa, Mercury Bay, North Island (column-shaped trachyte) Extended Title - Published in: Hochstetter, Ferdinand von. Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Geologischer Theil. Erster Band. Erste Abtheilung: Geologie von Neu-Seeland. Wien. Aus der kaiserlich-koniglichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, 1864 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 205 x 253 mm (sight)