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Description: | Manila to Samboangan, Philippines This sponge was collected in the Phillipines during the voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger.
The H.M.S. Challenger set sail for the sole purpose of scientific exploration of the oceans of the world. It was the first such voyage to be funded solely for this purpose and remains the most famous expedition of its kind. The four year voyage from 1872-1876 was considered the birth of oceanography providing proof that life existed in the deep sea bed and inspiring other marine expeditions from around the world.
William Benjamin Carter and Charles Wyville Thomson, both renowned British scientists, were the moving force behind this significant scientific project. The Challenger traversed 68890 nautical miles taking deep-sea samples from 362 stations, covering all but the Indian Ocean.
Under the guidance of the Sir John Murray, the scientific findings from the expedition were worked on by over 100 scientists and, between 1885 and 1895, published in 50 hefty volumes as The Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Several thousand new species were described from the specimens taken on the voyage and John Murray, who should be given great credit for overseeing the publication of the Report, described the findings of the cruise as
"the greatest advance in the knowledge of our planet since the celebrated discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries".
For more information:
http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/expedition/challenger_1872-1876/challenger.html | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORIFHEXACT : LYSSACINOSIDA : EUPLECTELLIDAE : GLASS SPONGE : CHALLENGER : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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