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HMS Challenger was a steam-assisted Royal Navy Pearl-class corvette launched on 13 February 1858 at the Woolwich Dockyard. She was the flagship of the Australia Station between 1866 and 1870.
As part of the North America and West Indies Station she took part in 1862 in operations during the Second French intervention in Mexico, including the occupation of Veracruz. Assigned as the flagship of Australia Station in 1866, in 1868 she undertook a punitive expedition against Fiji in late 1870.
She was picked to undertake the first global marine research expedition: the Challenger expedition. Challenger carried a complement of 243 officers, scientists and crew when she embarked on her 68,890-nautical-mile (127,580 km) journey.
first edition. Hard. Octavo, 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, green cloth with fine gilt ship pictured on front and gilt lettering. Hinges showing wear. Inside boards marbled. Very light foxing scattered throughout. "Hillbrow Rugby" to cover indicating that this… Read More

Hard. ¾ leather. 398pp. Plates bright throughout. Cover and title plate, light soil to extremity. Maps in place in good condition. Light wear to boards. Marbled boards. Wear to top and bottom and edge of spine.
James Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.