Wuellerstorf-Urbair (Commodore)
Original title: Wuellerstorf-Urbair (Comodoro)
Commodore Wuellerstorf-Urbair commanded the Austrian frigate Novara on its round-the-world voyage of 1857–59. His account of the voyage praises Madeira, where the ship stayed in June 1857, and this chapter was translated into Portuguese twice.
He commanded the Austrian frigate Novara, which made a voyage round the world in 1857, 1858 and 1859. The work entitled Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde (Vienna, 1861) contains a chapter in which Commodore Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair pays the well-deserved tribute of his admiration to the island of Madeira, where he stayed from 8 to 17 June 1857. The part of this chapter concerning our island was translated by João Félix Pereira and published in Lampada (nos 25 to 37, from 31 May to 10 September 1873). There is also a translation by the illustrious writer José Maria Latino Coelho, which appeared in the Revista Contemporânea and was reprinted in nos 2279 ff. of the now defunct Diário do Comércio (‘Commercial Daily’) of Funchal.
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During its 1857–1859 circumnavigation, the Austrian frigate Novara under Commodore Wuellerstorf-Urbair, with geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter aboard, stayed at Madeira and Funchal from 8 to 17 June 1857.
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The account of the Novara voyage under Commodore Wuellerstorf-Urbair, including its call at Madeira, was published in Vienna.
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João Felix Pereira's translation of the Madeira chapter of Wuellerstorf-Urbair's account appeared in A Lampada.
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- Funchal
The Diário do Comércio, which reprinted a translation, was published here.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Vienna
Austria. The account of the Novara voyage was published here in 1861.
Viena (Vienna) was the seat of the congress that resolved Britain should evacuate Madeira, and the city from which D. Miguel returned to Lisbon. Several works concerning Madeira were published there, including the Novara voyage account (1861) and the journal Ornis. It was a diplomatic posting of the 1st Viscount of Tôrre Bela and of Agostinho de Ornelas de Vasconcelos (1865).
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Austrian commodore who commanded the frigate Novara and praised Madeira in the published account of its voyage.
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Translated the Madeira chapter of the Novara voyage account for the periodical A Lampada in 1873.
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Distinguished Portuguese writer who also translated the Madeira chapter; his version appeared in the Revista Contemporânea.