The Voyage of the Challenger

by Eric Linklater

Book Overview

288pages. in4. broché. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385053215
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Nice Surprise

This inexpensive 288 page book is quite an addition to the library of anyone interested in Victorian science, 19th century travel, oceanographic history, or island anthropology. The book includes a rich narrative of the voyage that began in 1872 as a scientific expedition to survey flora and fauna on land and sea including deep dredging of the ocean floor. Period photographs and engravings are supplemented by modern photographs; illustrations are found on most pages. My favorites are color reproductions of Pelham Aldrich's journal pages that include great watercolors of the ship and scenes from the voyage painted on the same pages as his narrative script. I would recommend the hardcover since I'm not sure the paperback has all of the color plates.