Charles Darwin joined HMS Beagle when he was just 22 at the request
of Captain FitzRoy, who wanted to have a naturalist on board. The
ship set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 and returned
nearly five years later on 2 October 1836. The journey took Darwin
from the Cape de Verde Islands to Mauritius, visiting locations as
varied as Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos archipelago,
South Africa, New Zealand and the Azores. Darwin’s book is a
vivid travel diary of this trip with personal anecdotes and
observations on religious beliefs and racial typecasting, as well
as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology
and anthropology. He found bones of extinct mammals, experienced
volcanoes and discovered many new bird species. The book was
instantly acclaimed and the insights he gained through his
investigations eventually led to his theory of natural selection.
General
| Imprint: |
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Stanfords Travel Classics |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| Authors: |
Charles Darwin
|
| Foreword by: |
James T Costa
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
440 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-912081-31-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-912081-31-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781912081318 |
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