Descrizione
Penguin (Literature travel); 1971; 0140033270; Copertina flessibile ; 25 x 19 cm; pp. 224; Volume illustrato a col. e b./n. 44 tavv a col. fuori testo.; Presenta leggeri segni d’uso ai bordi (piccole imperfezioni), firma e data a biro, interno senza scritte, volume lievemente brunito; Buono, (come da foto). ; When H.M.S. Beagle sailed out of Plymouth in 1831 on 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 primitive 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 the young scientist from the simple faith of Beagle’s commander, Captain FitzRoy, and force upon him the subversive conclusions of The Origin of Species. Perfectly told by Alan Moorehead and magnificently illustrated from contemporary sources, Darwin and the Beagle is the exciting story of a five-year circumnavigation which was to change the course of human thought. ‘Mr Moorehead’s admirable prose style, his entrancing narrative are beyond praise No praise can be too high for the production with its colour plates’ – The Times Literary Supplement (London) With 48 plates in colour and over 140 illustrations in monochrome The cover shows a detail from a watercolour, ‘The Beagle in Murray Narrow, Beagle Channel by Conrad Martens ; L’immagine se disponibile, corrisponde alla copia in vendita.
