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THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE - CHARLES R DARWIN KAR...

Charles Darwin's account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of
intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on
27 December 1831  Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime.
His journal  here reprinted in a shortened form  shows a naturalist making patient observations
concerning geology  natural history  people  places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos  the
Gossamer spider of Patagonia and the Australasian coral reefs - all are to be found in these
extraordinary writings. The insights made here were to set in motion the intellectual currents
that led to the theory of evolution  and the most controversial book of the Victorian age: The
Origin of Species. This volume reprints Charles Darwin's journal in a shortened form. In their
introduction Janet Brown and Michael Neve provide a background to Darwin's thought and work 
and this edition also includes notes  maps  appendices and an essay on scientific geology and
the Bible by Robert FitzRoy  Darwin's friend and Captain of the Beagle. For more than seventy
years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking
world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best
works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide
authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and
contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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