The travels of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) exemplify the expanding reach of scientific inquiry during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, an era shaped by the Scientific Revolution. Operating within the maritime world of the Kingdom of England (later Great Britain), Halley undertook a series of voyages that linked empirical observation with global exploration. His journeys, spanning the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, and the southern hemisphere, reflect how scientific knowledge increasingly depended on navigation, state support, and overseas travel.
Halley first gained international recognition through his observations of the southern skies from Saint Helena (1676–1678), cataloguing stars invisible from Europe and earning election to the Royal Society at a remarkably young age. He later studied the Great Comet of 1680 and famously calculated the periodic return of the comet that now bears his name. As captain of HMS Paramour (1698–1701), a vessel purpose-built for research, Halley conducted the first systematic magnetic survey of the Atlantic, charted variations in Earth’s magnetic field, and investigated tides and winds in the English Channel.
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