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Thomas Pringle
Franz Josef Glacier [New Zealand]
1871, March (ca)
Albumen print
13.5 x 20.5 cm (image)
National Library of New Zealand
Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference Number: PAColl-7075-06-05
LL/120545
This image is commonly accepted as the first known photograph of the Franz Josef Glacier. It was reproduced as a wood engraving in "The official handbook of New Zealand", by Julius Vogel (London, Wyman & Sons, 1875), attributed to a sketch by William Fox. It was attributed to "the late Mr Pringle" in "Geology of the provinces of Canterbury and Westland", by Sir Julius Von Haast (1879).
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