Acclimatization: The Schomburgk brothers in South Australia

Article in English, Abstracts in English and GermanTogether with their wives Otto and Richard Schomburgk arrived in Port Adelaide (South Australia) on August 16th 1849. The essay looks at how these two brothers, who had received their scientific training and promotion in the circle surrounding Alexa...

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Main Author: Engelhard Weigl
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Potsdam 2003-10-01
Series:HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien
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Online Access:http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin7/weigl.htm
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Summary:Article in English, Abstracts in English and GermanTogether with their wives Otto and Richard Schomburgk arrived in Port Adelaide (South Australia) on August 16th 1849. The essay looks at how these two brothers, who had received their scientific training and promotion in the circle surrounding Alexander von Humboldt, reacted to the unfamiliar conditions in the young British colony. Some indication will be given as to the differences between the Schomburgk brothers treatment of the natural resources of the new colony and that of the English colonists of the time.
ISSN:1617-5239