Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorehead

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing inside covers, author bio page, last page and foredges. Larger than the regular Penguin edition.

When HMS Beagle sailed out of Plymouth in 1831 on a survey, she carried a naturalist named Charles Darwin, who had been fortuitously appointed at the age of twenty-two. Destined for the church, Darwin was happily prepared to champion the Book of Genesis.

But everything he encountered on the voyage - from the people of Tierra del Fuego to the famous finches of the Galapagos Islands, from earthquakes and eruptions to fossil seashells gathered at 12,000 feet in the Andes, conspired to wean a young scientist from the simple faith of Beagle's commander, Captain FiztRoy, and force upon him the subversive conclusions of The Originas of Species.

Perfectly told by Alan Moorhead and magnificently illustrated from contemporary sources, Darwin and the Beagle is the exciting story of a five-year circumnavigation that was to change the course of human thought. (back cover)

With 48 plates in colour and over 140 illustrations in black and white.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.