She was chosen for an 1828 scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean.

'Any scientific voyage returned like this,' he explained.

In 1789 was selected as the hydrographer for Malaspina's ambitious scientific and political voyage.

In 1770, James Cook had discovered the eastern coast of Australia whilst on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific.

Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Western Europe to the East.

Beginning in 1783, scientific voyages under Vandelli were launched.

The vessel has served on joint scientific voyages with US scientists.

By the end of the century, though, some expeditions were so lavish that they seem to have been more like royal progresses than scientific voyages.

In 1872 the steam corvette Challenger, with scientists chosen by the Royal Society on board, set out on a scientific voyage of three years.

De Filippi set out in 1866 on a government-sponsored scientific voyage to circumnavigate the globe.