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In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- England
- Northern Patagonia
- Patagonia
- South America
- Chile
- Cordillera
- Tierra
- Europe
- Pacific
- Tahiti
- Australia
- Valparaiso
- Buenos Ayres
- Bahia Blanca
- New Zealand
- Chiloe
- Rio Negro
- Southern Africa
- North America
- Copiapo
- Humboldt
- Brazil
- Parana
- Mauritius
- Santa Cruz
- Flora
- Colorado
- Guasco
- West Indies
- Agouti
- Atlantic
- Andes
- Falkland Islands
- St. Helena
- Mexico
- Peru
- Siberia
- Beagle Channel
- Talcahuano
- Talcuhano
- Aconcagua
- Cape Horn
- Lima
- Albemarle Island
- Uruguay
- Kotzebue
- Coquimbo
- Quillota
- Sydney
- Callao
- Spain
- Mastodon
- Uspallata
- New Caledonia
- Cape Town
- Sumatra
- Corcovado
- Santiago
- India
- San Lorenzo
First Sentence edit
AFTER having been twice driven back by heavy south-western gales, Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R. N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 23 of 35 in National Geographic's Extreme Classics: The 100 greatest adventure books of all time. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Home of the Blizzard, and followed by Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
This book is in Books That Changed Man's Thinking (Heron). (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Darwin (Author)
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Publication Date: 1839
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- Dewey: 508.8
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- Books › Reference › Writing › Travel
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Evolution
- Books › Travel › Reference & Tips › Essays & Travelogues
- Books › Science › Evolution
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs
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