Tag: 1872

William Evans Hoyle drawings from The Voyage of HMS “Challenger”, 1886.

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

MessageToEagle | December 21, 2016

MessageToEagle.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

Babylonian cuneiform tablet - Flood Story

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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

MessageToEagle.com | December 3, 2016

MessageToEagle.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), English