HMS Challenger and SMS Gazelle – their 19th century voyages compared

History of Geo- and Space Sciences

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W. John Gould¹ 

[1] Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Centre

DOI  :  10.5194/hgss-13-171-2022

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: Copernicus Publications

【 摘 要 】

This paper analyses the pioneering global voyages of HMS Challenger and SMS Gazelle in the 1870s – a time of rapid scientific advances andtechnological innovation. The voyage of Challenger has become well known as markingthe start of the global-scale science of oceanography. The voyage of the Gazelle is much less well known despite the two voyages ending in the same year,1876, and having similar geographical and scientific scope. Rather than focussing on the scientific achievements, the paper concentrateson how the expeditions were planned and executed, the lives and charactersof the personnel involved, and the underlying motivation behind the voyages.The paper presents the author's translations of key elements of the Gazelle reports as a means of introducing the Gazelle expedition to an English-speakingreadership.

【 授权许可】

CC BY