Novara Expedition Austro-Hungarian Navy

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from novara expedition: sketch of coca plant.



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s.m.s. novara commemorative coin, issued austria in 2004.


archduke ferdinand maximilian initiated large-scale scientific expedition (1857–1859) during frigate sms novara became first austrian warship circumnavigate globe. journey lasted 2 years , 3 months , accomplished under command of kommodore bernhard von wüllerstorf-urbair, 345 officers , crew, , 7 scientists aboard. expedition planned imperial academy of sciences in vienna , aimed gain new knowledge in disciplines of astronomy, botany, zoology, geology, oceanography , hydrography. sms novara sailed trieste on 30 april 1857, visiting gibraltar, madeira, rio de janeiro, cape town, st. paul island, ceylon, madras, nicobar islands, singapore, batavia, manila, hong kong, shanghai, puynipet island, stuarts, sydney (5 november 1858), auckland, tahiti, valparaiso , gravosa before returning trieste on 30 august 1859.


in 1863 royal navy s battleship hms marlborough, flagship of admiral fremantle, made courtesy visit pola, main port of austro-hungarian navy.


in april 1864 archduke ferdinand maximilian stepped down commander-in-chief of navy , accepted throne of mexico louis napoleon, becoming maximilian of mexico. traveled trieste veracruz aboard sms novara, escorted frigates sms bellona (austrian) , thémis (french), , imperial yacht phantasie led warship procession palace @ schloß miramar out sea. when arrested , executed 4 years later, admiral wilhelm von tegetthoff sent aboard novara take ferdinand maximilian s body austria.








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