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Sammlung Perthes Archiv, SPA ARCH PGM 328, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha der Universität Erfurt. 94.04.10

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Supan, 1894-04-10. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/94-04-10>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS annotation: '15. 5. v. Mueller'.
10/4/94
Durch diese Wochen-Post erhalten Sie, geehrter Herr Professor, ein Photogram des Dampfschiffs "Antarctic", des ersten "steamers" , der für Whalefang u. Robben Schlag in unsere südlichen Breiten gekommen ist. Sie sehen in diesem Bilde den Besuch von Mitgliedern unserer hiesigen geograph. Gesellschaft illustrirt. Die Figur links vom Mast zeigt den Präsidenten. Das Bild ist eingewickelt in eine Zeitung,
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Image not found. M was among 'a number of ladies and gentlemen present' at the meeting of the Councils of the Royal Society of Victoria and the Victorian Branch of the RGSA on 9 March 1894 to welcome the officers of Antarctic , who proceeded to visit the ship on the following day ( Age (Melbourne), 12 March 1894, p. 5).
welche einen Artikel über Stanley enthält
Ihnen u. dem Herrn Hofrath besten Gruss
von Ferd. von Mueller
Möchten Sie die 9te erweiterte Ausgabe der "Select Plants" besprechen, welche auch die Nutzpflanzen geographisch geordnet enthält in eigenthümlicher Weise
10/4/94
By this weekly mail you will receive, esteemed Professor, a photograph of the steamship Antarctic,
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See M to A. Supan, 17 June 1895 (in this edition as 95-06-17a).
the first " steamer " that has arrived in our southern latitudes for whaling and sealing. You will see illustrated in this picture the visit of the members of our local Geographical Society. The figure left of the mast is the president.
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M.
The picture is wrapped in a newspaper that contains an article about Stanley.
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Newspaper not identified.
Best greetings to you and the Hofrat
from Ferd. von Mueller
Would you like to review the 9th enlarged edition of the Select plants,
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B95.08.08.
which also contains the useful plants geographically arranged in an unusual way.
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The postscript is written on one of M's herbarium labels.