Voyage of the Challenger : The Atlantic, Thomson

Автор: Thomson
Название: Voyage of the Challenger : The Atlantic
ISBN: 110807474X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108074742
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Led by Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-82), the Challenger Expedition (1872-6) sailed nearly 70,000 nautical miles across the globe, collected oceanographic data and marine specimens, and discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This acclaimed two-volume work, published in 1877, summarises the major discoveries for the Atlantic legs of this pioneering voyage.

Автор: Parry
Название: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ISBN: 1108041353 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041355
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This account, published in 1821, describes the first of Parry`s three voyages in search of the North-West Passage. Although unsuccessful, the experience gained, the scientific data collected, and the mapping of the islands in the region made it one of the most important Arctic expeditions up to that time.

Автор: Webster
Название: Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828, 29, 30, Performed in HM Sloop Chanticleer
ISBN: 1108041876 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041874
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Описание: HMS Chanticleer sailed to the South Atlantic under the experienced surveyor Captain Henry Foster to study longitude and the figure of the earth. In Volume 1 of his account of the voyage, published in 1834, the ship`s surgeon describes his impressions of South America (including South Shetland) and South Africa.

Автор: Hsu Kenneth Jinghwa
Название: Challenger at Sea: A Ship That Revolutionized Earth Science
ISBN: 0691609330 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691609331
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: The famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and its deep-sea drilling voyages, conducted from 1968 through 1983, were some of the great scientific adventures of our time. Beginning with the vessel`s first c

Автор: Parry
Название: Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ISBN: 110803098X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108030984
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Описание: In these memoirs, first published in 1826, the explorer William Edward Parry documents his third voyage to discover the North-West Passage to the Pacific along the northern coast of North America. He vividly reveals the difficulties he encountered and the phenomena he observed, before the expedition prematurely ended in shipwreck.

Автор: Webster
Название: Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828, 29, 30, Performed in HM Sloop Chanticleer
ISBN: 1108041884 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041881
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Описание: HMS Chanticleer sailed to the South Atlantic under the experienced surveyor Captain Henry Foster to study longitude and the figure of the earth. In Volume 2 of his account of the voyage, published in 1834, the ship`s surgeon describes Central America and Panama, and summarises the expedition`s scientific findings.

Автор: Parry
Название: Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ISBN: 1108041345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041348
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Описание: William Edward Parry (1790-1855) led three expeditions in search of the North-West Passage. This 1824 publication describes the second (1821-3), which included two winters on the ice. It documents Parry`s leadership style, the practicalities of early Arctic exploration, and the language and customs of the local `Esquimaux`.