Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger
Being an Account of Various Observations Made during the Voyage of HMS Challenger round the World, in the Years 1872–1876, Under the Commands of Capt. Sir G. S. Nares, and Capt. F. T. Thomson

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

Henry Nottidge Moseley (Author)

9781108074834, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 April 2014

648 pages, 2 colour illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.81 kg

The Challenger Expedition of 1872–6 was conceived to examine the deep sea floor worldwide and disprove the theory of a 'dead zone' in the oceans below a certain depth. Using a modified Royal Navy ship, the expedition sailed nearly 70,000 nautical miles across the globe, collecting oceanographic data and marine specimens, and laying the foundations for the science of oceanography by later publishing fifty volumes of reports. The naturalist Henry Moseley (1844–91) recounts the voyage in this 1879 work, covering visits to many remote islands and the taking of samples at hundreds of locations. The voyage's achievements included the collection of over 4,000 new marine species and the discovery of the world's deepest ocean trench (Challenger Deep). Moseley's observations on native peoples also proved important as traditional cultures were changing rapidly at the time. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts, this narrative illuminates an adventure of great scientific significance.

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.

Subject Areas: Zoology & animal sciences [PSV]