The Voyage of the Challenger
Author(s): Eric Linklater
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In 1872 HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth on a journey that was to circumnavigate the world, covering over 68,000 nautical miles and lasting a thousand days. She was a three-masted corvette with auxiliary steam, and as well as a crew of over two hundred she carried a team of scientist led by Professor Wyville Thomson. The voyage of the Challenger was a pioneer expedition of immense importance. Sponsored by the British Government and organised by the Royal Society in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, its ambitious aim was to chart the depths, movement and contents of the seas, to scour the oceans for marine life, minerals, and clues to climatic phenomena.
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Eric Robert Russell Linklater (1899-1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books. For The Wind on the Moon, a children's fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year's best children's book by a British subject.
General Fields
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- : Cardinal
- : cardinal
- : 03 March 1974
- : London
- : books
Special Fields
- : Eric Linklater
- : Paperback
- : 288
- : b&w and colour illustrations
