Buch, Englisch, 648 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 901 g
Being an Account of Various Observations Made During the Voyage of HMS Challenger Round the World, in the Yea
Buch, Englisch, 648 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 901 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-07483-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte: Expeditionen & Entdeckungen
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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.
