Galidictis vittata - Mongoose (Madagascar)]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy.]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]> Pteromys elegans - Flying squirrel]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy.]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]> Ptilocercus lowii - Pen-tailed treeshrew]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy.]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]> Herpestes brachyurus - Short-tailed Mongoose]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy.]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]> Herpestes semitorquata - Collared Mongoose]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]> Nasalis larvatus]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy.]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]> Simia satyrus]]> Samarang left England in February 1843 to make a ‘survey of the various coasts and islands in the Eastern Seas’ (Arthur Adams, preface to Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Samarang). The expedition party travelled to Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Japan, Mauritius and many places in between. Captain Belcher was born in Nova Scotia and joined the British Navy aged 13 years. He travelled extensively on the world’s oceans throughout his career and wrote his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS ‘Samarang’, which was published in 1848. Although Belcher had a reputation for being difficult to get along with, he reached the rank of Admiral in the British Navy.]]> John Edward Gray, [et al.]]]>
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Introduction, volume 1, number 1) and among the expedition party members were English entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards (1888-1940) and Sir George Taylor (1904-93) a Scottish botanist who subsequently became Director of Kew Gardens from 1956 to 1971.]]> ___]]>
Introduction, volume 1, number 1) and among the expedition party members were English entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards (1888-1940) and Sir George Taylor (1904-93) a Scottish botanist who subsequently became Director of Kew Gardens from 1956 to 1971.]]> ___]]> Introduction, volume 1, number 1) and among the expedition party members were English entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards (1888-1940) and Sir George Taylor (1904-93) a Scottish botanist who subsequently became Director of Kew Gardens from 1956 to 1971.]]> ___]]> ___]]> Felis pearsoni (Red phase) - Puma]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Felis pearsoni (Gray phase) - Puma]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Hippocamelus bisulcus - South Andean deer]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Hippocamelus bisulcus - South Andean deer]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Potamolithus - Freshwater snails]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Vire, which had come from Noumea. On the 9th December the expedition party tried to observe the Transit of Venus but were unsuccessful due to cloudy skies. They left Campbell Island on 28th December, 1874.The expedition party collected specimens of natural history found on the island and charts and maps were made of the surrounding areas.]]> Académie des Sciences (France)]]> Scutellaria nummulariaefolia; Satureia darwinii]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Azorella caespitosa - Azorella flowering plant; Anemone multifida - Pacific anemone]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.]]> Edited by William B. Scott]]> Terra Nova, Scott hoped to be the first to reach the South Pole. Scott and his four colleagues did reach the South Pole on the 17th January, 1912 but had been beaten by Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and his team who had reached the Pole 33 days before Scott. Unfortunately, Scott and his party perished on the Ross Ice Shelf on the return journey.]]> ___]]> Vire, which had come from Noumea. On the 9th December the expedition party tried to observe the Transit of Venus but were unsuccessful due to cloudy skies. They left Campbell Island on 28th December, 1874.The expedition party collected specimens of natural history found on the island and charts and maps were made of the surrounding areas.]]> Académie des Sciences (France)]]> Vire, which had come from Noumea. On the 9th December the expedition party tried to observe the Transit of Venus but were unsuccessful due to cloudy skies. They left Campbell Island on 28th December, 1874.The expedition party collected specimens of natural history found on the island and charts and maps were made of the surrounding areas.]]> Académie des Sciences (France)]]> Vire, which had come from Noumea. On the 9th December the expedition party tried to observe the Transit of Venus but were unsuccessful due to cloudy skies. They left Campbell Island on 28th December, 1874.The expedition party collected specimens of natural history found on the island and charts and maps were made of the surrounding areas.]]> Académie des Sciences (France)]]> Aurora Polaris Expedition, 1902-03. This was the third of three similar expeditions led by Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917), all with aims to investigate the causes of ‘magnetic disturbances on the earth and aurora borealis’ (Birkeland, Preface, volume 1). The 1902-03 expedition was wide-ranging. Staff at four stations in Finmark, Norway; Iceland; Spitsbergen, Norway; and Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia, collected scientific data which was to be augmented by data collected from as many stations as possible from around the world.]]> Kristian Birkeland]]>