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In the years leading up to Charles Darwin's 1832–6 voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805–65) had participated in an expedition to the desolate southern coast of South America. This three-volume work, published in 1839, describes both voyages. Volumes 1 and 2, compiled by Fitzroy, contain accounts by professional mariners. Volume 3 is the first published version of the young Darwin's now famous journal. It later appeared as a free-standing publication (1840) and in a more popular second edition (1845), both reissued in this series. Darwin's preface refers to the detailed scientific publications resulting from his research: the geological studies of volcanic islands and coral reefs (also available in the Cambridge Library Collection), and the co-authored, multi-volume zoology. Darwin expresses thanks to Fitzroy for his 'most cordial friendship', to the ship's officers for their 'undeviating kindness', and particularly to his Cambridge mentor John Stevens Henslow.

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• Full title: Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle
• Subtitle: Between the Years 1826 and 1836
• Author: Charles Darwin, Robert Fitzroy, Phillip Parker King
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 658
• EAN: 9781108083157
• ISBN: 1108083153
• ID: 09227953
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 992 g
• Dimensions: 153 × 230 × 40 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. July 2015

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