At Sea with the Scientifics: The Challenger Letters of Joseph MatkinWhen HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth in 1872, a young assistant ship's steward, Joseph Matkin, was among the crew. Throughout the three-and-a-half-year voyage, Matkin maintained a journal from which he composed the many letters he sent home to his family in England. In his letters he commented on oceanographic operations, reported on shipboard events of special concern to the crew, and discussed at length the history, geography, and peoples of the many exotic and remote ports at which the ship called on its famous circumnavigation of the globe. |
Contents
Under Way in the Atlantic November 1872March 1873 | 15 |
North Atlantic Transits April 1873October 1873 | 49 |
Farthest South October 1873March 1874 | 89 |
Australia and the South Pacific March 1874November 1874 | 120 |
Two Tastes of Asia November 1874June 1875 | 166 |
Polynesian Islandfalls July 1875November 1875 | 225 |
South American Denouement December 1875June 1876 | 252 |
Conclusion | 292 |
Calendar of Matkins Challenger Letters | 303 |
Article from the Hampshire Telegraph December 1872 | 307 |
Article from the Sheerness Guardian 3 June 1876 | 310 |
List of Books for HMS Challenger | 315 |
Abstract of Voyage of HMS Challenger | 327 |
Notes | 329 |
Bibliography | 349 |
Index | 353 |
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At Sea with the Scientifics: The Challenger Letters of Joseph Matkin Joseph Matkin No preview available - 1993 |