Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

CHAPTER I.

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PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE.

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Approval of the Plan to fit out an Austrian Man-of-War for a Voyage round the World.--Object of the Expedition.-- Appointment of a Scientific Commission.--Preparations.-- Fitting out the Frigate _Novara_ at Pola.--Departure for Trieste.--Visit of the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian on board. 1