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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy R.N.

1846Best.-Nr. NF3922The natural history of these islands is eminently curious and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations found nowhere else; there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship of America though separated from that continent by a open space of ocean between 500 and 600 miles in width. The archipelago is a little world within itself or rather a satellite attached to America whence it has derived a few stray colonists and has received the general character of its indigenous productions. Considering the small size of these islands we feel The more astonished at the number of their aboriginal beings and at their confined range. Seeing every height crowned with its crater and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct we are led to believe that within a period geologically recent the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence both in space and time we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact Ð that mystery of mysteries Ð the first appearance of new beings on this earth"------Charles Darwin Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy R.N. Harper & Brothers 1846 first American edition 2 volumes some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities of both volumes exhibiting some cloth loss some ROHRSCHACH type stains to the original yellow end-papers and paste-downs the first five textual leaves in volume one exhibit an old moisture tidal mark at the base and lower area of the gutters foxing throughout the text block of both volumes volume two shows wear and missing cloth along the outer front hinge else good copies of this most important and pioneering volume. Indeed Darwin's first book. Harper & Brothers hardcover books

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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World under Captain Fitz Roy R.N. The Folio Society FitzRoy

2003Best.-Nr. 2349892London: The Folio Society 2003. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10x7x2. 2007 4th printing Ford-Smith Folio 76 #1156. Includes publisher's slipcase. Minor blemishes to slipcase embossed owner stamp on half-title page otherwise an excellent copy. 2003 Hard Cover. xxxiv 518 pp. Includes three sections of color and black-and-white reproductions of illustrations maps on endpapers new introduction by Richard Keynes. The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle the other volumes of which were written or edited by the commanders of the ships. Journal and Remarks covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Due to the popularity of Darwin's account the publisher reissued it later in 1839 as Darwin's Journal of Researches and the revised second edition published in 1845 used this title. A republication of the book in 1905 introduced the title The Voyage of the "Beagle" by which it is now best known. Beagle sailed from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years it lasted almost five - Beagle did not return until 2 October 1836. Darwin spent most of this time exploring on land three years and three months on land; 18 months at sea. The book is a vivid travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology geology and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation written at a time when Western Europeans were exploring and charting the whole world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than by date. Darwin's notes made during the voyage include comments hinting at his changing views on the fixity of species. On his return he wrote the book based on these notes at a time when he was first developing his theories of evolution through common descent and natural selection. The book includes some suggestions of his ideas particularly in the second edition of 1845. The Folio Society hardcover books

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Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy R.N.

1846Best.-Nr. 371065New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth spine chipped with loss wityh blindstamps on title-page from GTS. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. First American edition of Darwin's important first published book containing the observations and field work that form the basis for On the Origin of Species. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" DSB. Darwin's Journal "his first published book is undoubtedly the most often read" Freeman 31. It is "one of the most interesting records of natural history exploration ever written and is one of the most important for it was on this voyage that Darwin prepared for his lifework ultimately leading to The Origin of Species" Hill I 104-5. First published in 1839 as "the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle edited by Captain Robert Fitzroy. Since then it has changed its name four times so that today it is universally referred to as The Voyage of the Beagle. On its first appearance in its own right also in 1839 it was called Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History etc. The second edition of 1845 transposes 'Geology' and 'Natural History'. and the spine title is Naturalist's Voyage" Freeman 32. This first American edition is based on that 1845 second London edition. Issued as Harper's New Miscellany Volumes X and XI. Freeman 16; Sabin 18647 Harper & Brothers unknown books

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