76/1083 Thomson, C.W. The Voyage of the 'Challenger'. The Atlantic. A preliminary Account of the general Results of the exploring Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876. London, Macmillan & Co., 1877, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXIX,(3),424; XIV,(2),396,(4)p., engr. portr., 43 (fold./ double-p.) (lithogr.) maps/ plates/ tables, 168 ills., orig. unif. gilt and dec. cl., t.e.g.

- Both vols. some foxing; vol.2 weak on upper hinge. Top of spines and corner trifle worn.

= Headland 1039; Conrad p.67-70; Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 179; Borba de Moraes p.861. Not in Sabin. Important account of the voyage in the Atlantic and to the West-Indies of the Challenger, of which Thomson was the chief scientific officer. The main target was to inspect the physical and biological conditions of the sea-bed. A fifty volume scientific report of the expedition was to be published from 1880 to 1891.