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HMS Challenger in the Southern Ocean, drawn by crewman Sub-lieutenant Herbert Swire

On This Day In History: HMS Challenger Begins Scientific Exploration Of Oceans – On Dec 21, 1872

AncientPages.com | December 21, 2016

AncientPages.com - On December 21, 1872, the HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth, England, in the first scientific voyage, which would last almost three and a half years. This

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On This Day In History: Chaldean Account Of The Deluge Translated And Presented For The First Time – On Dec 3, 1872

AncientPages.com | December 3, 2016

AncientPages.com - On December 3, 1872, a translation from Babylonian cuneiform tablets of the Chaldean account of the deluge was read by George Smith (1840 - 1876), an English