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Title
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- 1872 - 1876 (Creation)
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Collection of newspaper cuttings; photographs; book by Eileen V. Brunton
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Book of newspaper cuttings and notes relative to the H.M.S Challenger (1873-76)
Box of Challenger photographs
‘The Challenger Expedition, 1872-1876: A Visual Index’ by Eileen V. Brunton, 2nd Ed, The Library, The Natural History Museum, London (2004)
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Conditions governing access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE
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Related units of description
Some digitised specimens from the Challenger Expedition in the RBGE herbarium can be seen here (right click, open link in new tab): https://data.rbge.org.uk/search/herbarium/?family=&genus=&species=&coll_name=Challenger&coll_num=&barcode=&country_name=®ion=&major_taxon=&cfg=vherb.cfg&keywords=