Huxley Island

Huxley Island (52˚27'00" 131˚22'00" N of Burnaby I, off SE Moresby I, QCI). Biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) began his celebrated career as an assistant surgeon aboard HMS Rattlesnake, a survey vessel that made an extensive voyage to New Guinea and Australia. It was on this journey that he developed his passion for natural history, devoting himself to the study of marine invertebrates and, on his return, publishing a number of important papers. He was awarded the medal of the Royal...

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