Notes By a Naturalist on the Challenger - Being an Account of Various Observations Made During Voyage of Hms

The naturalist Henry Moseley (1844-91) vividly recounts the first global oceanographic expedition in this 1879 publication, illustrated with woodcuts.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Teneriffe, St Thomas, Bermuda; 2. Azores, Madeira, Cape Verdes; 3. St Paul's Rocks, and Fernando do Norhona; 4. Bahia; 5. Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island; 6. Cape of Good Hope; 7. Prince Edward Island, the Crozet Islands; 8. Kerguelen's Land; 9. Heard Island; 10. Amongst the southern ice; 11. Victoria, New South Wales; 12. New Zealand, the Friendly Islands, Matuku Island; 13. Fiji Islands; 14. New Hebrides, Cape York, Torres Strait; 15. Aru, Ke, Amboina, Ternate; 16. The Philippine Islands; 17. China, New Guinea; 18. The Admiralty Islands; 19. Japan, the Sandwich Islands; 20. Tahiti, Juan Fernandez; 21. Chile, Magellan's Straits, Falkland Islands, Ascension; 22. Life on the ocean surface and in the deep sea; List of books and papers relating to the expedition; Index.

Summary

The naturalist Henry Moseley (1844–91) vividly recounts the first global oceanographic expedition in this 1879 publication. Travelling nearly 70,000 nautical miles, collecting over 4,000 marine species and visiting many remote islands, the Challenger expedition of 1872–6 also discovered the world's deepest ocean trench. Numerous woodcuts enhance the work.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Nottidge Moseley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781108074834
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07483-4
• No. of pages: 648
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoology & animal sciences, Zoology and animal sciences