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Story: Geomorphology – a history

Hochstetter’s vision of the landscape

Ferdinand Hochstetter, a young Austrian geologist, explored central New Zealand in 1858 and 1859, and wrote a popular account of his travels. The English edition, published in 1867, has an embossed cover showing landscape features and luxurious vegetation.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-K 658-COVER

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Rebecca Priestley, Geomorphology – a history – Early ideas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/13101/hochstetters-vision-of-the-landscape (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rebecca Priestley, published 1 March 2009.