The Voyage of the Beagle

The Voyage of the Beagle
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Hayes Barton Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1906
Genre: Beagle Expedition
ISBN:

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The Voyage of the Space Beagle

The Voyage of the Space Beagle
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765320773

An episodic novel filled with surprises and provocative ideas, this is the story of a great exploration ship sent out into the unknown reaches of space on a long mission of discovery. They encounter several terrifying alien species, including the Ix, who lay their eggs in human bodies, which then devour the humans from within when they hatch. Reissue of a classic.

The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the 'Beagle'

The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the 'Beagle'
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Total Pages: 1034
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0307824209

Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the greatest importance: its revolutionary theory of evolution by means of natural selection provoked a furious reaction that continues to this day. The Origin of Species is here published together with Darwin’s earlier Voyage of the ‘Beagle.’ This 1839 account of the journeys to South America and the Pacific islands that first put Darwin on the track of his remarkable theories derives an added charm from his vivid description of his travels in exotic places and his eye for the piquant detail.

Odyssey

Odyssey
Author: Tom Chaffin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 164313907X

An illuminating and lively narrative of Charles Darwin’s formative years and adventurous voyage aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. Winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Biography/Memoir Charles Darwin—alongside Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein—ranks among the world's most famous scientists. In popular imagination, he peers at us from behind a bushy white Old Testament beard. This image of Darwin the Sage, however, crowds out the vital younger man whose curiosities, risk-taking, and travels aboard HMS Beagle would shape his later theories and served as the foundation of his scientific breakthroughs. Though storied, the Beagle's voyage is frequently misunderstood, its mission and geographical breadth unacknowledged. The voyage's activities associated with South America—particularly its stop in the Galapagos archipelago, off Ecuador’s coast—eclipse the fact that the Beagle, sailing in Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean waters, also circumnavigated the globe. Mere happenstance placed Darwin aboard the Beagle—an invitation to sail as a conversation companion on natural-history topics for the ship's depression-prone captain. Darwin was only twenty-two years old, an unproven, unknown, aspiring geologist when the ship embarked on what stretched into its five-year voyage. Moreover, conducting marine surveys of distance ports and coasts, the Beagle's purposes were only inadvertently scientific. And with no formal shipboard duties or rank, Darwin, after arranging to meet the Beagle at another port, often left the ship to conduct overland excursions. Those outings, lasting weeks, even months, took him across mountains, pampas, rainforests, and deserts. An expert horseman and marksman, he won the admiration of gauchos he encountered along the way. Yet another rarely acknowledged aspect of Darwin's Beagle travels, he also visited, often lingered in, cities—including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Lima, Sydney, and Cape Town; and left colorful, often sharply opinionated, descriptions of them and his interactions with their residents. In the end, Darwin spent three-fifths of his five-year "voyage" on land—three years and three months on terra firma versus a total 533 days on water. Acclaimed historian Tom Chaffin reveals young Darwin in all his complexities—the brashness that came from his privileged background, the Faustian bargain he made with Argentina's notorious caudillo Juan Manuel de Rosas, his abhorrence of slavery, and his ambition to carve himself a place amongst his era's celebrated travelers and intellectual giants. Drawing on a rich array of sources— in a telling of an epic story that surpasses in breadth and intimacy the naturalist's own Voyage of the Beagle—Chaffin brings Darwin's odyssey to vivid life.

The Voyage of the Beagle

The Voyage of the Beagle
Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1844863271

The story of the infamous sailing vessel the Beagle and the voyage that led to Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking work, On the Origin of Species.

HMS Beagle Voyage and the Galápagos Islands

HMS Beagle Voyage and the Galápagos Islands
Author: Theresa Morlock
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508168474

On December 27, 1831, the HMS Beagle set sail from Plymouth harbor. On board were a crew of 73 men, Captain Robert Fitzroy, and a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. The expedition lasted almost five years, during which time Darwin kept extensive field journals collecting important scientific data that would inform his later discoveries. The exciting account of Darwin's voyage is sure to captivate readers and the enlightening subject matter will support their developing awareness of social studies and science concepts.

HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle
Author: Keith S Thomson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2003
Genre: Beagle Expedition
ISBN: 9780753817339

Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas

Journal Of Researches

Journal Of Researches
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781020442094

Join Charles Darwin on his fascinating five-year journey on board HMS Beagle as he explores the natural wonders of South America, Australia, and various islands in the Pacific. Journal of Researches is a firsthand account of Darwin's observations on geology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology. This timeless work is a must-read for anyone interested in science, history, or adventure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.