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In 1833 John Herschel sailed from London to Cape Town, southern Africa, to undertake (at his own expense) an astronomical exploration of the southern heavens, as well as a terrestrial exploration of the area around Cape Town. After his return to England in 1838, and as a result of his voyage, he was highly esteemed and became Britain's most recognized man of science. In

Title : John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire
Author : Steven Ruskin
Language : en
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