THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE Soft cover - 2012

Empire Books, 2012. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2012 Empire Books large paperback, first edition, printing unknown. No illustrations. CONTENT: In 1831, Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle for his second expedition surveying the world's remarkable biological diversity. Not only would the expedition last five years and take the biologist to the farthest reaches of the globe, it would also inspire Darwin's celebrated theory of evolution by natural selection. The Voyage of the Beagle details and catalogues Darwin's incredible observations and theories and affords the reader the unique opportunity to witness the natural world unfold through his eyes. Darwin's travels: St. Jago-Cape De Verd Islands, Rio De Janeiro, Maldonado, Rio Negro To Bahia Blanca, Bahia Blanca, Bahia Blanca To Buenos Ayres, Buenos Ayres And St. Fe, Banda Oriental And Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, And The Falkland Islands, Tierra Del Fuego, Strait Of Magellan.-Climate Of The Southern Coasts, Central Chile, Chiloe And Chonos Islands, Chiloe And Concepcion: Great Earthquake, Passage Of The Cordillera, Northern Chile And Peru, Galapagos Archipelago, Tahiti And New Zealand, Australia, Keeling Island:-Coral Formations, and Mauritius To England.