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The Voyage of the "Beagle"
Charles Darwin
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Description for The Voyage of the "Beagle"
Paperback. 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. This title reprints his journal, in a shortened form, that shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Editor(s): Browne, Janet; Neve, Michael. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
The Voyage of the Beagle is Charles Darwin's account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Janet Brown and Michael Neve.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140432688
SKU
V9780140432688
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99-98
About Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin, a Victorian scientist and naturalist, has become one of the most famous figures of science to date. Born in 1809 to an upper-middle-class medical family, he was destined for a career in either medicine or the Anglican Church. However, he never completed his medical education and his future changed entirely in 1831 when he joined HMS Beagle as ... Read more
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