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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

Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin

Paperback | Pages: 432 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 6321 Users | 395 Reviews

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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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s/t: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches When 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.

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Ratings: 4.03 From 6321 Users | 395 Reviews

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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.

Commanders in the Royal Navy could not socialize with their crew. They ate their meals alone-- then they met with the officers on board ship. This took it's mental toll on the ship's Captain's and so they were allowed a "civil" companion-- someone from outside the Navy who would be under their command but was not part of the crew. Captain Fitz Roy (age 26), a Nobleman and a passionate Naturalist chose Charles Darwin (a wealthy, upper-class Naturalist "enthusiast") to be his companion aboard the

This was Darwin's journal from his 5 year voyage on the Beagle. It predates his famous theory on evolution, but is where it all started. This is a book that should come with a disclaimer. Although it is fascinating to read the work that started it all, one must take a moment to realize when it was written. It is painfully racist. I had to remind myself many times that this was in the early 1800s, but his references to natives as savages and these cultures being inferior to his own, and his

I'd rather have a barbed wire enema than read about the strata of granite or the formation of basalt - but once you wade through the geology you realize what a gem this book is. It's very much of its time - there's an underlying superiority in his talk of 'savages' and civilized man, a by-product of Britain's rampant colonialism - but it is drenched with wonder too. Darwin's joy at unexplored nature is infectious, and his frequent descriptions of the indigenous tribes of S. America are

Darwin'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

I have to confess that I'm a card-carrying Darwin fanboy: The theory of evolution is clearly one of the pinnacles of scientific discoveries. Darwin deserves enormous respect for articulating the theory. His thoughts had been gradually formed thanks to his earlier work, including the observations made on the voyage of the Beagle. It would blasphemous for me to rate the book about Darwin's celebrated trip described in great details by the great man himself anything but 5-stars. The Galapagos

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