Charles Darwin
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| Original Title: | The Voyage of the Beagle |
| ISBN: | 014043268X (ISBN13: 9780140432688) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Robert Fitzroy, Orundellico |
| Setting: | Tierra del Fuego(Chile) Galapagos Islands |
Description During Books Voyage of the Beagle
s/t: Charles Darwin's Journal of ResearchesWhen the Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime.
It was to last five years and transform him from an amiable and somewhat aimless young man into a scientific celebrity. Even more vitally, it was to set in motion the intellectual currents that culminated in the arrival of The Origin of Species in Victorian drawing-rooms in 1859. His journal, reprinted here in a shortened version, is vivid and immediate, showing us a naturalist making patient observations, above all in geology. As well as a profusion of natural history detail, it records many other things that caught Darwin’s eye, from civil war in Argentina to the new colonial settlements of Australia. The editors have provided an excellent introduction and notes for this Penguin Classics edition, which also contains maps and appendices, including an essay on scientific geology and the Bible by Robert FitzRoy, Darwin’s friend and captain of the Beagle.
Itemize About Books Voyage of the Beagle
| Title | : | Voyage of the Beagle |
| Author | : | Charles Darwin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | November 7th 1989 by Penguin Books (first published May 1839) |
| Categories | : | Science. Nonfiction. History. Travel. Classics. Biology. Environment. Nature |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 6321 Users | 395 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin's account of his voyage around the world as the naturalist on a Royal Navy surveying expedition is a remarkable story, covering many areas of natural history, including zoology, botany, paleontology, geology, and anthropology. The trip took nearly five years and included the stay at the Galapagos Islands which provided some of the data for his lifetime of work on evolutionary theory. Much of the book reads like an adventure story written by a young man (he was 22 years old at theDarwin's 'The Voyage of the Beagle' is a strange mixture of ecstatic travel writing and keen scientific observation. Darwin's writing style is very dense and informative, but at times bursts into strong emotional and very engaging writing. By all means this is powerful prose.Darwin not only makes very sharp observations on geology, nature and culture, he's also able to paint vivid pictures of the countries and islands he visits. His diary is of invaluable worth when describing nations and
Charles Darwin...he remains as of yet the only historical figure I would have loved to have had the chance to meet. He's a zoologist, a botanist, a geologist... Darwin is a scientist through and through...Voyage of the Beagle...I loved the fauna, didn't really understand much about the flora, and had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the geology.But what surprised me most, was the parts of Darwin's personality that shone through his writing...wit, sarcasm, humanitarianism...This is
I know Darwin's epic voyage was important for his development of the theory of natural selection and evolution and I have read Origin of Species and other works, The Voyage of the Beagle doesn't grab me like his other works. I suppose I am not much a fan of Travel literature. Just not my thing. Don't interpret my rating as a downing of the book. It is just not my thing and I do like Darwin's other works.
What I wrote in my LJ while I was reading it._So I've started reading The Voyage of the Beagle. I've only read a chapter or so so far, but it's very enjoyable. I just kind of wish I'd paid more attention to my geology classes in school. It's a lot more relaxed and not nearly as self-conscious and defensive as TOoS was. It's all along the lines of "Hi all! We arrived on Random Island today. The trees are pretty but the people didn't even give us coffee. Can you believe it?! Anyhoo, I found a rock
Darwin's own account of the, now almost legendary, five year voyage of the Beagle is an entertaining, illuminating and fascinating read. Darwin writes with such enthusiasm that it's difficult not to be swept up in the journey and the remarkable things he witnessed and studied as he circumnavigated the globe.The only thing I found slightly disappointing was Darwin's attitude towards some of the peoples (or, as he refers to them, 'savages') he interacted with on his trek. Darwin was famously
This beautifully-written account of Darwin's formative voyage presents sides of him that will surprise many 21st-Century readers. It is probably well understood by now that Darwin did not see the finches of the Galapagos and experience a crash of evolutionary transcendence like an incoming Pterodactyl. He developed the theory patiently over the subsequent decades, and his experiences in his five years with the "Beagle" only contributed retrospectively. But the fact is that he was at this time
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