The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches
$36.71
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
29 June 1989
Summary
When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the Gossamer spider of Patagonia and the Australasian coral reefs - all are to be found in these extraordinary writings. The insights made here were to set in motion the intellectual currents that led to the most controversial book of the Victorian age: The Origin of Species.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140432688 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014043268X |
| Author: | Charles Darwin, Janet Browne, Michael Neve |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 29 June 1989 |
| Weight: | 325g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shropshire, England. He was educated at Edinburgh University and Christ’s College, Cambridge. Between 1831 and 1836, he traveled in South America aboard the H.M.S. Beagle to explore the geology and natural history of the area, and published his journal of findings in 1839. His most famous book, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, appeared in 1859 and is arguably one of the most important scientific works ever published. The theories of evolution and natural selection proposed in this book and The Descent of Man (1871) are still the subject of intense debate and scrutiny today. Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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