HMS Challenger Papers, 1872-1876 1872-1876

Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830-1882

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Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, et al.

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The Challenger Expedition of 1872-76 was the first great voyage of oceanographical exploration. In forty-one months from December 1872 to May 1876 the wooden steam corvette HMS Challenger visited all the oceans of the world, with the exception of the Arctic. The vessel and crew were provided by the Admiralty, and the naval command was given to Captain (later Sir) George Strong Nares. The scientific staff were supervised by Charles Wyville Thomson (knighted in 1876), a Scottish naturalist and stu...

Challenger Expedition (1872-1876)

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Nares Sir George Strong 1831-1915

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