THOMSON, Sir C. Wyville.

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The Voyage of the 'Challenger'. The Atlantic. First edition of this account of the Atlantic portion of the voyage of HMS Challenger (1872-1876), the pioneering scientific expedition that established the foundations of modern oceanography. Charles Wyville Thomson was the expedition's chief scientist. The work documents early stages of the voyage. Intended as a general narrative companion to the official scientific reports, the volume situates the expedition's methods and findings within a broader account of life at sea.

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