Fossils Finches and Fuegians

Name: Fossils Finches and Fuegians
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ISBN: 9780007101894

ISBN-10: 0007101899

ISBN-13: 9780007101894

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard Keynes

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A narrative account of Darwin's historic four-year voyage on the Beagle to South America, Australia and the Pacific in the 1830s, this biography examines the scientific research that occupied Darwin during the voyage.

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Zondervan
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.06" long
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

List of Colour Plates
List of Maps
Prologue
The Man who Walks with Henslow	p. 1
The Strange Consequences of Stealing a Whale-Boat	p. 22
Preparations for the Voyage	p. 36
From Plymouth to the Cape Verde Islands	p. 51
Across the Equator to Bahia	p. 62
Rio de Janeiro	p. 73
An Unquiet Trip from Monte Video to Buenos Aires	p. 90
Digging up Fossils in the Cliffs at Bahia Blanca	p. 99
The Return of the Fuegians to Their Homeland	p. 115
First Visit to the Falkland Islands	p. 133
Collecting Around Maldonado	p. 143
A Meeting with General Rosas on the Ride from Patagones to Buenos Aires and Santa Fe	p. 151
The Last of Monte Video	p. 173
Christmas Day at Port Desire, and on to Port St. Julian and Port Famine	p. 180
Goodbye to Jemmy Button and Tierra del Fuego	p. 200
Second Visit to the Falkland Islands	p. 215
Ascent of the Rio Santa Cruz	p. 221
Through the Straits of Magellan to Valparaiso	p. 229
Valparaiso and Santiago	p. 238
Chiloe and the Chonos Archipelago	p. 255
The Great Earthquake of 1835 Hits Valdivia and Concepcion	p. 268
On Horseback from Santiago to Mendoza, and Back Over the Uspallata Pass	p. 276
A Last Ride in the Andes, from Valparaiso to Copiapo	p. 289
The Wreck of HMS Challenger	p. 296
From Copiapo to Lima	p. 303
The Galapagos Islands	p. 307
Across the Pacific to Tahiti	p. 331
New Zealand	p. 341
Australia	p. 347
Cocos Keeling Islands	p. 357
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena and Ascension Island	p. 362
A Quick Dash to Bahia and Home to Falmouth	p. 373
Harvesting the Evidence	p. 379
Farewell to Robert FitzRoy	p. 391
Epilogue	p. 398
Notes	p. 403
Index	p. 415
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