Ostasiatische Expedition

Ostasiatische Expedition der Korvette SMS Aurora 1886-1888

Photographs and Drawings

Private collections

Available at the antiquarian bookshop Sebastian Hidalgo Sola, New York: Rich iconographic record of an Austrian expedition to the East Indies, the first to significantly attempt to open commercial channels with China; with drawings of Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. SMS Aurora [at sea]. 1886–1888. Oblong folio, (279 x 400 mm). 37 sheets of sketches in pencil, black ink and grey wash mounted on card, most captioned and dated.

Bibliography

Heroldová Helena: Jitřenka pluje na východ: Deník českého námořníka Václava Stejskala z cesty korvety S.M.S. AURORA do Indie, Malajsie, Indonésie, Číny a Japonska z let 1886-1888 (S.M.S. Aurora Sails to the East. The Diary of a Czech Sailor Václav Stejskal from his Travel on Board of the S.M.S. Aurora to Malaysia, ...), Prague 2007

Swenja Hiller: Singapur im Gepäck. Fotografische Repräsentationen und koloniale Ideologie in der Sammlung S.M.S. Aurora (1886-1888) (Singapore in the bag. photographic representations and colonial ideology in the collection S.M.S. Aurora (1886-1888)), Master's Thesis, Vienna 2024