Title

Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: the Challenger at Desolation Island...1876. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: the Challenger at Desolation Island, Magellan Strait, 1876. '[Captain] Cook - probably not aware of the previous discovery of the island by the French navigator Kerguelen, named it Desolation Island. This name well expresses the lonely and cheerless aspect of this treeless, snow-covered land...'. The Kerguelen Islands, also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A81_317

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53,2Mb (5,4Mb) / 16,5in x 12,5in / 4960 x 3748 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather transport transportation Indian Ocean sea coast arts coastal mountain mountains country islands French France snow science geology art ship ships island geological British geography color location century Britain newspapers press print expedition B&W engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown Captain James Cook Cook Captain Cook James Cook James Kerguelen Islands Challenger Expedition HMS Challenger 19th-century Captain James John James Wild Wild John James J. J. Wild Wild J. J. Jean Jacques Wild Wild Jean Jacques Desolation Islands