
%0 Journal Article
%A Thiede, Jörn 
%T Georg von Neumayer and his traces in Germany
%J Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
%D 2011/12/01
%V 123
%N 1
%P 117-122
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/RS11117
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/RS11117 
%X 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. 
