Franz Maurer (1831-72) grew up in Berlin in poor circumstances, had to leave school before finishing it, but became editor at the Vossische Zeitung and published two books: "Die Nikobaren" in 1867 and "Eine Reise durch Bosnien, die Saveländer und Ungarn" in 1870.
His German translation of Atterbom's travelogue was first published in Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung on 1^st August 1863, where Maurer in his preface writes about this "memorial" of a time, that it was richer "an großen Geistern wie unser Epigonenzeitalter".