Challenger Expedition Crustacean Lithographs for Sale

Challenger Expedition
Crinoidea

These tinted lithographs are cut from the massive Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Prepared under the Superintendence of the Late Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1885-1895 . The crinoid plates were drawn various by W. S. Black, C. S. Berjeau, George West.

Size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
Printed on sturdy, white stock
with minimal age toning.

The Challenger Expedition is the most famous oceanographic expedition of all time. Under the command of George Nares, HMS Challenger set out in December, 1872, on a three-year voyage with the mission of exploring the structure and physical composition of the world's ocean beds and determining the temperature and direction of deep-sea currents. In addition, biologists were charged with cataloguing the flora and fauna they encountered. By the end of the voyage, the Challenger had taken hundreds of soundings and traversed more than 68,000 nautical miles

The results of the expedition-- published in 50 volumes--were described by Sir John Murray as the "greatest advance in the knowledge of our planet since the celebrated discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries." Besides mapping the ocean floor and showing the existence of such features as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Mariana Trench, the expedition discovered 715 new genera and 4,717 new species of ocean life forms, many of which were found at unheard of depths.

jcorwin@classicnatureprints	Name	Price	Condition
CRIN-07	Bathycrinus aldrichianus	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-06	Hyocrinus bethellianu	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-38	Metacrinus angulatus	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-40	Metacrinus cingulatus	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-49	Metacrinus costatus	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-52	Metacrinus interruptus	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-46	Metacrinus moseleyi	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-48	Metacrinus wyvillii	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-25	Pentacrinus altericirrus	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-15	Pentacrinus mulleri	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-14	Pentacrinus mulleri	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-19	Pentacrinus wylville thomsoni	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-23	Pentacrinus wylville thomsoni	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-09	Rhizocrinus lofotensis Rhizocrinus rawsoni	45.00	Excellent
CRIN-16	Pentacrinus maclaranus	45.00	Excellnt