Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters Frederick Burkhardt

Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters

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Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters
Author
Frederick Burkhardt
ISBN
9780521898386
Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwin's adventures as he prepares for his travels, lands on his first tropical island, watches an earthquake level a city, and learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery, political revolution, and epidemic disease, and share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands and collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family and friends that record a comfortable, intimate world back in England. Original watercolors by the ship's artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwin's descriptions of his travels.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Frederick BurkhardtPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 10/01/2008ISBN: 9780521898386Pages: 470Weight: 2.78lbsSize: 9.96h x 7.16w x 1.22dReview Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/01/2008 pg. 43Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 154Choice 04/01/2009
Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwin's adventures as he prepares for his travels, lands on his first tropical island, watches an earthquake level a city, and learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery, political revolution, and epidemic disease, and share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands and collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family and friends that record a comfortable, intimate world back in England. Original watercolors by the ship's artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwin's descriptions of his travels.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/01/2008
ISBN: 9780521898386
Pages: 470
Weight: 2.78lbs
Size: 9.96h x 7.16w x 1.22d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/01/2008 pg. 43
Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 154
Choice 04/01/2009
Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle is a gripping adventure story, and a turning point in the making of the modern world. Brought together here in chronological order, the letters he wrote and received during his trip provide a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. We follow Darwin's adventures as he prepares for his travels, lands on his first tropical island, watches an earthquake level a city, and learns how to catch ostriches from a running horse. We witness slavery, political revolution, and epidemic disease, and share the otherworldly experience of landing on the Galapagos Islands and collecting specimens. His letters are counterpoised by replies from family and friends that record a comfortable, intimate world back in England. Original watercolors by the ship's artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwin's descriptions of his travels.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Frederick Burkhardt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/01/2008
ISBN: 9780521898386
Pages: 470
Weight: 2.78lbs
Size: 9.96h x 7.16w x 1.22d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/01/2008 pg. 43
Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 154
Choice 04/01/2009