Article Nº 1805 Scientist or naturalist Vol. II · p. 247
Hochstetter (Dr Ferd. von)
Original title: Hochstetter (Dr. Ferd. von)
Austrian geologist who visited Madeira in July 1857 with the Novara scientific expedition, measured Pico Ruivo and wrote a pamphlet on Madeira.
An Austrian geologist who visited Madeira in July 1857 as a member of the scientific expedition led by Commodore Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, commander of the frigate Novara. He measured the height of Pico Ruivo (‘russet peak’) and wrote a pamphlet entitled Madeira (Vienna, 1861).
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