Koldewey, Karl, 1837-1908

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Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Koldewey, Karl, 1837-1908 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Koldeway, Carl, 1837-1908 Koldeway, Karl, 1837-1908 Koldewey, C., 1837-1908 Koldewey, Carl, 1837-1908 Koldewey, Carl Christian, 1837-1908 Koldewey, K., 1837-1908 Koldewey, Karl Christian, 1837-1908
See also	Officer of: Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (1st : 1868) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Officer of: Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Officer of: Grönland (Yacht) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Officer of: Germania (Schooner) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated place	Svalbard (Norway) Greenland Arctic regions Spitsbergen Island (Norway) Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord
Birth date	1837-10-26
Death date	1908-05-17
Place of birth	Bücken (Germany)
Place of death	Hamburg (Germany)
Field of activity	Naval art and science Discoveries in geography Ice navigation Scientific expeditions Meteorology Nautical astronomy
Affiliation	Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (1st : 1868) Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870) Grönland (Yacht) Germania (Schooner) Deutsche Seewarte
Profession or occupation	Ship captains Explorers Scientists
Found in	Jacht "Grönland" im Eismeer, ©1979: title page (Karl Koldewey) OCLC, Nov. 02, 2015 (access pts.: Koldewey, Karl, 1837-; Koldewey, Karl, 1837-1908; usage: Karl Koldewey; K. Koldewey; Captain Koldewey) Koldewey, Karl. Die erste deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition im Jahre 1868, 1871, via ThULB, December 19, 2019: title page (beschrieben von K. Koldewey) page 1 (Koldewey invited to lead a small expedition to the Greenland coast, February 28, 1868) page 7 (expedition departed Bergen on yacht Grönland, 24 May, 1868) pages 54-55 (returned to Bergen on 29 September [1868]; expedition explored east coast of Spitsbergen, though it fell short of original goal of exploring east coast of Greenland) Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870). Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey, 1873-1874: v. 1, page XXX (in list of crew of the expedition ship Germania: "Kapitän Karl Koldewey, 32 Jahre alt, aus Bücken bei Hoya, Provinz Hannover") v. 1, contents, pages LXV-LXVII (14 chapters wholly or partly "von Kapitän Koldewey") v. 2, contents, pages XI-XII (in section 4, "Meteorologie," chapters titled "Lufttemperaturen," "Winde und Wetter," "Luftdruck," "Meerestemperaturen und Strömungen" and "Ebbe- und Flutbeobachtungen"; and in section 5, "Astronomie," chapter titled "Astronomische Ortsbestimmungen während der Schlittenreise nach Norden": all "bearbeitet von K. Koldewey") Payer, Julius. New lands within the Arctic circle, 1876: v. 1, page xi ("Payer gained his first experience as an Arctic discoverer in the second German North Polar Expedition, under Koldeway [sic] and Hegemann ...") Wikipedia, December 18, 2019 (article title: "German North Polar Expedition: "The second expedition consisted of a two-vessel convoy: Germania, a schooner ... commanded by Carl Koldewey [and] Hansa, a smaller escort schooner ... commanded by Paul Friedrich August Hegemann ... The expedition left Bremerhaven on 15 June 1869"; the two ships became separated; Germania returned to Bremerhaven on 11 September 1870) German Wikipedia, December 18, 2019 (article title: "Carl Koldewey"; Carl Christian Koldewey (born 26 October 1837 in Bücken near Hoya, died 17 May 1908 in Hamburg); German polar explorer) Henze, Dietmar. "Koldewey, Karl," in Neue deutsche Biographie, v. 12 (1979), pages 458-459, accessed online December 18, 2019 (Koldewey, Karl, polar explorer, born 26.10.1837, Bücken (Grafschaft Hoya, Hannover), died 17.5.1908 Hamburg; leader of first and second German Polar Expeditions; from 1871, first assistant at the Norddeutsche Seewarte Hamburg (afterwards Deutsche Seewarte), and from 1875, chief of its division of nautical and meteorological instruments; received title of Geh[eimer] Admiralitätsrat; retired in 1905) <https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116314192.html#ndbcontent> Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, December 18, 2019 (Koldewey, Carl; gender: male; life dates: 1837-1908; other names: Koldewey, Karl; Koldewey, Carl Christian; Koldewey, K.) <http://d-nb.info/gnd/116314192> OCLC, May 8, 2020 (access points: Koldewey, K.; Koldewey, K. (Karl), 1837-1908; Koldewey, Karl; Koldewey, Karl, 1837-1908; Koldewey, Karl Christian; Koldewey, Karl Christian, 1837-1908; Koldewey, C.; Koldewey, Captain; Koldewey, Carl; Koldewey, Carl, 1837-1908; Koldeway, Karl, 1837-1908; usage: Karl Koldewey; K. Koldewey; Kapitän Karl Koldewey; Captain Koldewey; title page usage also recorded erroneously as "Karl Koldeway")
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