Ludwig Becker letters to Dr Johann Jakob Kaup
Item
- Title
- Ludwig Becker letters to Dr Johann Jakob Kaup
- Subject
- Oceania--Discovery and exploration
- Voyages and travels
- Tasmania
- Boats
- Immigrants' writings, German
- German letters
- Correspondence
- Category
- 1. Settlement
- Author
- Ludwig Becker
- Person
- Becker, Ludwig
- Current holder
- State Library of New South Wales
- State Library of Victoria
- Date
- 1850
- Link
- https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAlA0Y
- https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/5ui8oc/alma9916412513607636
- Series number
- MLMSS 999
- Item number
- 9NaAlA0Y
- Access rights
- Request at location
- Place
- Tasmania
- Language
- German
- English
- Description from source
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1 volume of textual material, includes some English translations and two photoprints of the sketches. Ludwig Becker, a German migrant and artist, arrived in Tasmania on the ship Hannah in March 1851. He later moved to Victoria and became a member of the Victorian Exploring Expedition, also known as the Burke and Wills Expedition, in 1860-61. Becker's letters contain his natural history observations, mainly in Tasmania.
- Physical format
- Correspondence
- Pictures
- Drawing
- Related resources
- https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6yoBEY
- https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1883049
- Bibliographic citation