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Literature

Svoboda, Wenzel

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

career:

Surgeon who accompanied the voyage of the Austrian corvette ‘Aurora’, 1886-88,¹ under command of Capt. Fr. Müller.

The ‘k.k. naturhistorische Hofmuseum’ at Vien-na provided funds for the collecting of zoological, ethnological and botanical objects.

Collecting localities:

Voyage in the ‘Aurora’, 1886-88.¹ Sailing from Pola (Aug. 1, 1886); via Port Said, Suez, Aden, Point de Galle (Ceylon), the Nicobars; N. Sumatra: Acheen (= Atjeh), Oleh-leh (Oct. 8-10); Penang (16-27); Pancore (= Pangkor Isl.) off the Dindings (30-Nov. 2); Malay Peninsula: Malacca (Nov. 5-7); Singapore (9-Dec. 3); Neu-Johore (= Johore Bahru) (4-5); Banka: Muntok (15-17); W. Java: Batavia (19-Jan. 3, 1887); E. Java: Soerabaja (Jan. 13-20); Bali: Boeleleng (24-26); Sumbava (= Soembawa): Bima (30-Febr. 1); SW. Celebes: Makassar (Febr. 3-8); heading for the Moluccas; Batjan (18-19); Ternate (21-23); on the way to the Philippines; Mindanao: Zamboanga (March 6); Isabella Isl. (= Basilan) (7-8); Luzon: Manila (17-28); Hue, Macao and Hongkong; Swatow, Amoy and Formosa; Japan; back to the China coasts; Hongkong, Canton, Macao, Saigon; Singapore (Jan. 26-31, 1888): home voyage (sailing Febr. 1) via Ceylon, Aden, Suez, Port Said, and Corfu; Pola (Apr. 28).

collections:

Herb. Vienna [W]: small collection of plants collected during the voyage of the ‘Aurora’ (pres. 1888).

literature:

(1) ‘Reise der oesterreichischen Corvette ‘Aurora’’ (Intern. Arch. Ethnogr. 1, 1888, p. 172).
J. Freiherr von Benko: ‘Die Schiffs-Station der k. and k. Kriegs-Marine in Ost-Asien. Reisen S.M. Schiffe ‘Nautilus’ and ‘Aurora’ 1884-1888’ (Wien 1892, 3 maps).

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Svoboda, Wenzel
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	career: Surgeon who accompanied the voyage of the Austrian corvette ‘Aurora’, 1886-88,¹ under command of Capt. Fr. Müller. The ‘k.k. naturhistorische Hofmuseum’ at Vien-na provided funds for the collecting of zoological, ethnological and botanical objects.
	Collecting localities: Voyage in the ‘Aurora’, 1886-88.¹ Sailing from Pola (Aug. 1, 1886); via Port Said, Suez, Aden, Point de Galle (Ceylon), the Nicobars; N. Sumatra: Acheen (= Atjeh), Oleh-leh (Oct. 8-10); Penang (16-27); Pancore (= Pangkor Isl.) off the Dindings (30-Nov. 2); Malay Peninsula: Malacca (Nov. 5-7); Singapore (9-Dec. 3); Neu-Johore (= Johore Bahru) (4-5); Banka: Muntok (15-17); W. Java: Batavia (19-Jan. 3, 1887); E. Java: Soerabaja (Jan. 13-20); Bali: Boeleleng (24-26); Sumbava (= Soembawa): Bima (30-Febr. 1); SW. Celebes: Makassar (Febr. 3-8); heading for the Moluccas; Batjan (18-19); Ternate (21-23); on the way to the Philippines; Mindanao: Zamboanga (March 6); Isabella Isl. (= Basilan) (7-8); Luzon: Manila (17-28); Hue, Macao and Hongkong; Swatow, Amoy and Formosa; Japan; back to the China coasts; Hongkong, Canton, Macao, Saigon; Singapore (Jan. 26-31, 1888): home voyage (sailing Febr. 1) via Ceylon, Aden, Suez, Port Said, and Corfu; Pola (Apr. 28).
	collections: Herb. Vienna [W]: small collection of plants collected during the voyage of the ‘Aurora’ (pres. 1888).
	literature: (1) ‘Reise der oesterreichischen Corvette ‘Aurora’’ (Intern. Arch. Ethnogr. 1, 1888, p. 172). J. Freiherr von Benko: ‘Die Schiffs-Station der k. and k. Kriegs-Marine in Ost-Asien. Reisen S.M. Schiffe ‘Nautilus’ and ‘Aurora’ 1884-1888’ (Wien 1892, 3 maps).