Voyage of the Beagle

Recommended by Tom Clarke, Tim White, and 2 others. See all reviews

Ranked #26 in Geology, Ranked #37 in Explorationsee more rankings.

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...
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Tom Clarke Darwin sees Valparaiso destroyed by an earthquake erupting and is horrified by the brutality of nature. (Source)

Tim White Darwin is a great writer and an excellent observer so it is a good place to start understanding where we came from, and how we came to that understanding. (Source)


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