DARWIN 1889 NATURALIST ' S VOYAGE BEAGLE Fitz Roy NATURAL HISTORY & GEOLOGY
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7567497 | Publisher: JOHN MURRAY |
| Year Printed: 1889 | Place of Publication: LONDON |
| Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History | Author: CHARLES DARWIN |
| Language: English |
A NATURALIST'S VOYAGE
JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES
INTO THE
NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY
OF THE
COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF
H.M.S. ' BEAGLE ' ROUND THE WORLD
UNDER THE
Command of Capt. Fitz Roy
BY CHARLES DARWIN
AUTHOR OF ' ORIGIN OF SPECIES '
TWENTIETH THOUSAND
WITH PORTRAIT
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1889
Bound in cloth covered boards with gilt ill...ustration to front and gilt titles to spine. Measuring approx. 19.5cm x 14.5cm x 4.3cm. The spine is a little scuffed/worn/nicked to ends some slight splitting to the cloth, is chipped and bumped to top and bottom. Few light spots to covers. Corners slightly rubbed. Internally there is a label to inside front board, and some pencil. Slight page toning. Binding tight. Overall good.
Portrait frontispiece and a couple of sketches within text.
"Beginning on 27 December 1831, the voyage lasted almost five years and, as FitzRoy had intended, Darwin spent most of that time on land investigating geology and making natural history collections, while the Beagle surveyed and charted coasts. He kept careful notes of his observations and theoretical speculations, and at intervals during the voyage his specimens were sent to Cambridge together with letters including a copy of his journal for his family." Wikipedia
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JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES
INTO THE
NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY
OF THE
COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF
H.M.S. ' BEAGLE ' ROUND THE WORLD
UNDER THE
Command of Capt. Fitz Roy
BY CHARLES DARWIN
AUTHOR OF ' ORIGIN OF SPECIES '
TWENTIETH THOUSAND
WITH PORTRAIT
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1889
Bound in cloth covered boards with gilt ill...ustration to front and gilt titles to spine. Measuring approx. 19.5cm x 14.5cm x 4.3cm. The spine is a little scuffed/worn/nicked to ends some slight splitting to the cloth, is chipped and bumped to top and bottom. Few light spots to covers. Corners slightly rubbed. Internally there is a label to inside front board, and some pencil. Slight page toning. Binding tight. Overall good.
Portrait frontispiece and a couple of sketches within text.
"Beginning on 27 December 1831, the voyage lasted almost five years and, as FitzRoy had intended, Darwin spent most of that time on land investigating geology and making natural history collections, while the Beagle surveyed and charted coasts. He kept careful notes of his observations and theoretical speculations, and at intervals during the voyage his specimens were sent to Cambridge together with letters including a copy of his journal for his family." Wikipedia
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