Charles von Hügel
(1795/1796/1794–1870)

Austrian army officer, diplomat, botanist, and explorer, now primarily remembered for his travels in northern India during the 1830s. During his lifetime he was celebrated by the European ruling classes for his botanical garden and his introduction of plants and flowers from New Holland (Australia) to Europe's public gardens.

Charles von Hügel

Works

  • Hügel, Carl von (1840–1848), Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek (4 volumes)
    • Translated into English as Hügel, Carl von; Jarvis, Thomas B. (translator) (1845) Travels in Kashmir and the Panjab
  • Hügel, Carl von (1860), Der stille Ocean and die spanischen Besitzugen im ostindischen Archipel.

Journals

  • Hügel, Charles von (1833–1834) [MS journal of visit to Australia]
    • Translated into English as Hügel, Carl von; Clark, Dymphna (translator) (1994) New Holland Journal 1833–1834
      • (not in the public domain)

Works about Hügel

Other

  • Endlicher, Stephan (1837), Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel.—the first flora of Western Australia, based on a herbarium collected and arranged by von Hügel.


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