Immortalising the contents and historical legacy of Sir John Murray’s collection from the <i>HMS Challenger</i>

2025/06/05 by Jack A. Cooper · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2516358

openalex publication_date 2025/06/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/18

Abstract

Between 1872 and 1876, the HMS Challenger set sail around the globe on her most famous expedition, exploring the deep sea and studying the biology, chemistry and physics of ocean sediments from eve...

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