Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III / (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the / Austrian Navy.

The narrative records a scientific and exploratory circumnavigation that combines port-by-port observations, natural-history collecting, and cultural encounters. Detailed chapters describe urban growth, colonial institutions, and local politics in visited ports, while excursions into surrounding countryside yield geological, botanical, and zoological specimens and observations of indigenous peoples and settler life. The account recounts travel hardships, resource exploration such as coal and gold, agricultural experiments, and social scenes both aboard and ashore. Descriptive reportage, scientific notes, and anecdotal episodes alternate to convey the expedition’s logistical challenges and intellectual aims.