[3] The founding editor was the successful and high-circulation German novelist Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer.

[6] Über Land und Meer mostly published articles reflecting an inclusive patriotism and a view of German colonialism that was intended to be an apolitical scientific approach.

[7] Such a journalistic attitude was also shared by other significant German media outlets of the period, including the Westermanns Monatshefte and Die Gartenlaube.

[7] The contributors included Berthold Auerbach, Theodor Fontane, Karl May and Paul Heyse.

[8] Über Land und Meer ceased publication in 1923, largely due to the high inflation then prevailing in Germany.