The Voyage of the Beagle

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Buch | Softcover
496 Seiten
1997 | New edition
Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85326-476-4 (ISBN)

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The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin
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This journal takes the reader from the coasts and interiors of South America to the South Sea Islands. It displays Darwin's speculative mind at work, posing searching questions about the complex relations between the Earth's structure, animal forms, anthropology and the origins of life itself.
With an Introduction by David Amigoni.


Charles Darwin's travels around the world as an independent naturalist on HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 impressed upon him a sense of the natural world's beauty and sublimity which language could barely capture. Words, he said, were inadequate to convey to those who have not visited the inter-tropical regions, the sensation of delight which the mind experiences'.


Yet in a travel journal which takes the reader from the coasts and interiors of South America to South Sea Islands, Darwin's descriptive powers are constantly challenged, but never once overcome. In addition, The Voyage of the Beagle displays Darwin's powerful, speculative mind at work, posing searching questions about the complex relation between the Earth's structure, animal forms, anthropology and the origins of life itself.
Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.4.1997
Reihe/Serie Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Einführung David Amigoni
Mitarbeit Herausgeber (Serie): Tom Griffith
Verlagsort Herts
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 308 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-85326-476-8 / 1853264768
ISBN-13 978-1-85326-476-4 / 9781853264764
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