Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
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Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
(Cambridge library collection, . Darwin)
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., from 1832 to 1836
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Facsim. of ed. published: London : H. Colburn, 1840
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Even before Charles Darwin changed the world with his theory of natural selection, he was recognised as an eminent scientist and natural historian. Published in 1840, his Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle reveals him as a writer of formidable intelligence and a keen observer of natural and human life. Darwin's journal encompasses every observable detail of the animals, birds and plants he encountered on the five-year voyage. It includes minute descriptions and even sketches of the movements and habits of hitherto unfamiliar species. Accompanying the entries are his own conclusions, analyses and classificatory notes that demonstrate his skill and talent as a naturalist. Darwin's entries on natural phenomena are interspersed with anecdotes of the indigenous peoples he encountered, transforming his journal from an impersonal scientific record to a book of true human interest.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Porto Praya
- 2. Rio de Janeiro
- 3. Monte Video
- 4. Rio Negro
- 5. Bahia Blanca
- 6. Set out for Buenos Ayres
- 7. Excursion to St. Fe
- 8. Monte Video - Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento
- 9. Rio Plata
- 10. Santa Cruz
- 11. Tierra del Fuego, first arrival
- 12. Falkland Islands
- 13. Strait of Magellan
- 14. Valparaiso
- 15. Chiloe
- 16. San Carlos, Chiloe
- 17. Valparaiso - Passage of Andes by Portillo pass
- 18. Bell mountain
- 19. Galapagos Islands volcanic
- 20. Tahiti
- 21. Sydney
- 22. Keeling Island
- 23. Mauritius, beautiful appearance of
- Addenda
- Index.
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