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An Account of Horsburgh or Goifurfehendu Atoll - The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports by Sewell, R.B - 1936
by Sewell, R.B
An Account of Horsburgh or Goifurfehendu Atoll - The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports
by Sewell, R.B
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London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1936. Illustrated with six photographic plates, slim quarto, pp (16), paperback, a tear and crease to the lower cover, otherwise a fine copy, virtually as new. [The John Murray Expedition of 1933-1934 pioneered bilateral relations in the field of oceanography, at a time when the Law of the Sea was not even an embryonic concept (Aleem & Morcos, 1984). Funded by a £20,000 bequest from oceanographer, John Murray, this expedition was a collaboration between Britain and Egypt. Aboard HEMS Mabahiss, British zoologist Lt. Col. Dr R.B. Seymour Sewell led a team of scientists to research the oceanography, geology, and mineralogy of the Red Sea and the Indian and Arabian Oceans. The trip took nine months and eleven volumes of data collected were published from 1935 to 1970.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.
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- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher The Trustees of the British Museum
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1936
- Keywords indian.ocean.coral.reef.