Voyage of the Challenger: Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876: Volume 1 & 2 complete
by Thomson, C. Wyville
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson FRSE FRS FLS FGS FZS (5 March 1830 – 10 March 1882) was a Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist. He served as the chief scientist on the Challenger expedition; his work there revolutionized oceanography and led to his being knighted.
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1878. Ex library edition, labels front and back (never checked out), faded spine lib shelf number.
Hardcover. Very Good, esp. for its age.
Voyage of the Challenger: Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876, C. Wyville Thomson, Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1878, in Two Volumes, Vol I: xx, 391pp., Vol II: xiii, 340 pp., 9 x 6¼ inches.
Green boards with gilt titling to spine and gilt pictorial to cover. library sticker to inside front cover with library stamp, plus former owner book label ffep.
"The 1870s voyage of HMS Challenger lasted 1,000 days and covered more than 68,000 nautical miles. Many consider it to be the first true oceanographic expedition because it yielded a wealth of information about the marine environment.