
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thiede, Jörn 
T1  - Georg von Neumayer and his traces in Germany
JF  - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
JO  - Proc. R. Soc. Vic.
Y1  - 2011
VL  - 123
IS  - 1
SP  - 117
EP  - 122
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/RS11117 
N2  - Georg Balthasar Neumayer (1826&#x2013;1909) was probably the most important figure in establishing maritime services and ocean research in Germany, after he spent several years in Australia as a young scientist. He succeeded to found the &#x2018;Deutsche Seewarte&#x2019; in Hamburg, the predecessor of the modern BSH (Bundesamt f&#xfc;r Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie&#x2014;Federal Martime and Hydrographic Agency) in Hamburg and Rostock and established a wide range of maritime services by providing sailing instructions for merchant vessels. He took initiatives towards Germany&#xb4;s first global ocean expedition on Gazelle, the first International Polar Year, the first German Antarctic Expedition on Gauss, and became a widely recognised and respected science manager, on the national as well on the international scene. 
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