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‘Volksausgabe’ between 1864 and 1866. 20 By the end of 1876 Scherzer’s account had lasted to a
fifth edition, and was also translated into both English 21 and Italian. 22 With a combined total of
29,000 copies, 23 it proved to be one of the most successful books of popular science in the
German language behind Humboldt’s Kosmos (1845) until it was overtaken by Ernst Haeckel’s
Welträtsel in 1899. 24 There is a rather large section on New Zealand, despite their short stay in
the country, thanks largely to a hefty reliance on other European sources, particularly
Hochstetter’s own material from his explorations with Haast. 25 In the meantime, both visitors had
made a number of contributions surrounding Hochstetter’s arrival in the Novara and his
prolonged stay in the country. Hochstetter had regularly been sending reports to the Wiener
Zeitung on the latest news from the Novara, 26 but following his arrival in New Zealand he was
unable to continue due to his commitments with the Provincial Government in Auckland. 27 Haast
therefore decided to redirect his own account, which had been intended for another German
newspaper, to the Wiener Zeitung, resulting in “Expedition der k. k. Fregatte ‘Novara’, unter den
Befehlen des Commodore B. v. Wüllerstorf-Urbair. 41. Der Aufenthalt der ‘Novara’ in
20
Karl von Scherzer, Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859,
unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Beschreibender Theil. 2 Bde. Volksausgabe. Wien:
Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold’s Sohn, 1864-66.
21
Karl von Scherzer, Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara (Commodore
B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) undertaken by order of the Imperial Government, in the years 1857, 1858 and 1859,
under the immediate auspices of His. I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-in-chief
of the Austrian Navy. 3 vols. London: Saunders, Otley, 1861-63.
22
Treffer (ed.), Karl von Scherzer, 213-15.
23
Münz, “Nekrolog: Scherzer, Karl von”, 174; cf. “Die Volksausgabe von C. v. Scherzers Reise der Novara”, in:
Ausland 37:16 (1864): 382.
24
Treffer (ed.), Karl von Scherzer, 214.
25
See Scherzer, Reise (1861-62), III:94-172; (1864-66), II:291-383. Scherzer’s ethnographical material was later
reworked and revised by Friedrich Müller, another member of the Novara scientific team, as part of the official
Novara publications. (See Friedrich Müller, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, in den Jahren
1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Anthropologischer Theil. Dritte
Abtheilung: Ethnographie, auf Grund des von Dr. Karl Scherzer gesammelten Materials. Bearbeitet von Dr.
Friedrich Müller. Wien: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1868, esp. 46-71.)
26
The complete collection of these reports was later compiled in one volume following his death: Ferdinand von
Hochstetter, Ferdinand v. Hochstetter’s Gesammelte Reise-Berichte von der Erdumsegelung der Fregatte “Novara”
1857-1859. Mit einer Einleitung und einem Schlußwort von V. v. Haardt. Wien: Hölzel, 1885.
27
The only report he did make to the Viennese newspaper was “Ankunft in Neu-Seeland”, in: ibid., 331-33. A
handful of notices do, however, appear in Das Ausland, Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes’ Geographischer Anstalt and
the Allgemeine Zeitung regarding Hochstetter’s explorations: Julius Hanf, “Dr. Hochstetter in Neuseeland: Auckland
(in Neuseeland), 24. Jun”, in: AZ (Beilage) 264 21 Sept (1859): 4355; Julius Hanf, “Australien: Auckland (in
Neuseeland), 29. Jul”, in: AZ 295 22 Oct (1859): 4822; “Dr. Hochstetter über die Vulkane Neu-Seelands (Aus dem
Athenäum)”, in: Ausland 31:46 12 Nov (1859): 1098f.; “Dr Hochstetter’s Forschungen in Neu-Seeland”, in:
MaJPGA 6:1 (1860): 45; “Neue Expeditionen”, in: MaJPGA 6:5 (1860): 199; “Goldfelder und fossile Knochen in
Neu-Seeland”, in: Ausland 33:14 1 April (1860): 333f.
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