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Challenger sketchbook. B. Shephard’s sketchbook of the H. M. S. Challenger Expedition 1872-1874 Hardcover. Black and w/blue pictorial boards; map end papers; 35 clean, unmarked pages. The expedition, led by Captain George Nares, sailed from Portsmouth, England, on 21 December 1872.[1] Other naval officers included Commander John Maclear.[2] Under the scientific supervision of Thomson himself, she travelled nearly 70,000 nautical miles (130,000 km; 81,000 mi) surveying and exploring