Notes by a Naturalist, An Account of Observations made during The Voyage of H.M.S "Challenger" Round the World in the Years 1872 - 1876 .
Moseley, H.N.
Published by T. Werner Laurie, Lond., 1944
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Octavo, original blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine, frontis portrait plate, rear endpaper maps, pp xviii, 540. Previous owner's signature. Rubbing to fore-edges. The last page of the table of contents is loose. Good condition. The Challenger expedition of 1872 - 1876 was a grand scientific tour of the world covering 68,000 nautical miles. It was a scientific programme that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. John Murray the oceanographer on the voyage called the Challenger Report "the greatest advance in the knowledge of our planet since the celebrated discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries". Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844 - 1891) was one of the naturalists on the expedition. Moseley describes not only his zoological findings but also many observations on the wide variety of places that the Challenger visited. Moseley contributed the Report on Certain Hydroid, Alcyonarian, and Madreporarian Corals to the final Challenger Report. Seller Inventory # 104605
Bibliographic Details
Title: Notes by a Naturalist, An Account of ...
Publisher: T. Werner Laurie, Lond.
Publication Date: 1944
Binding: Boards
Edition: Reprint.