The Oceanographical Institute at Paris

Abstract

THE inauguration of the Oceanographical Institute of Paris, which took place on January 23, marks not only the completion of the foundation of the Prince of Monaco's institute in Paris and Monaco, but an era in the history of the science of oceanography. If Britain led the way in initiating the systematic scientific investigation of the sea by the dispatch of the Challenger expedition in 1874 under the leadership of Sir Wyville Thomson, and by the publication of the results of that remarkable expedition under the direction of Sir Wyville Thomson and Sir John Murray, no country or individual has done more to establish oceanography as a science than His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco.