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Kerguelen Islands
Expedition to the Kerguelen Islands aboard the S.M.S Gazelle

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer: Hermann Bobzin (1832-1881). Expedition to the Kerguelen Islands aboard the S.M.S. Gazelle. 1874. 64 albumen prints, mounted to card. Each between 11 x 13,5 cm and 11 x 15,5 cm (mounts between 15,3 x 15,5 cm and 23,6 x 30,3 cm). Each annotated in blue ink below the image on the mount. Presented in original grey canvas portfolio with leather spine, embossed ornamentation, and gilt-embossed title on the front cover: “Photographische Aufnahmen der Deutschen Expedition nach der Kerguelen Insel zur Beobachtung des Vorübergangs der Venus vor der Sonnenscheibe am 9. December 1874,” together with several maps and nautical charts.

This group of photographs documents the German scientific expedition to the Kerguelen Islands in 1874, organized to observe the transit of Venus on 9 December. The images depict expedition members and officers of the naval corvette S.M.S. Gazelle, which transported the party to the subantarctic archipelago, shown at leisure, exploring, and hunting. Further views record temporary encampments - including crew housing, observation platforms, and a portable photographic darkroom—alongside the stark rocky landscape and the island’s flora and fauna.