Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary
Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary
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USDOn 27th December 1831, HMS Beagle set out from Plymouth under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy on a voyage that lasted nearly 5 years. The purpose of the trip was to complete a survey of the southern coasts of South America, and afterwards to circumnavigate the globe. The ship's geologist and naturalist was Charles Darwin. Darwin kept a diary throughout the voyage in which he recorded his daily activities, not only on board the ship but also during the several long journeys that he made on horseback in Patagonia and Chile. His entries tell the story of one of the most important scientific journeys ever made with matchless immediacy and vivid descriptiveness.
- A fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made
- Contains many explanatory footnotes to aid the reader
- Supported by illustrations of a selection of the places that Darwin visited
Reviews & endorsements
"...a record of his immediate feelings, the sea-sickness, the triumphs of his palaeontological finds, close shaves with General Rosas and military activity in Patagonia, drinking maté and smoking cigarillos with the Gaucho, the stars glittering over the Andes...vivid and expressive..." Janet Browne
"...beautifully edited...Keynes's edition includes a well-sculpted and informative historical introduction, carefully edited text, watercolor illustrations...and a biographical register of individuals mentioned in the text...this corpus establishes R.D. Keynes, emeritus professor of physiology at Cambridge, as an expert on the Beagle voyage." Journal of the History of Biology
"An intimate portrait of Darwin the man emerges, characterized by wonder, good humor, and the abiding sense of curiosity..." Northeastern Naturalist
Product details
June 2001Paperback
9780521003179
500 pages
230 × 155 × 31 mm
0.75kg
30 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Note on editorial policy
- Principal sources of references
- The Beagle Diary 1831–1836
- Biographical register
- Index.
