Voyage of the Beagle
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Charles Darwin was just 22 when he went on his first voyage around the world in 1831. Darwin's father at first refused to allow his young son to go on the voyage. Fortunately, his father relented, and Darwin's journal is now considered by many to be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written. Library Journal This precursor to On the Origin of Species is a fascinating work on its own merits. Originally published in 1839 and alternately known as Journal and Remarks and Journal of Researches, it documents Darwin's second survey expedition aboard the H.M.S. Beagle and provides a more personal view of Darwin than do his later works. The selections chosen for this abridgment by Isabel Morgan—with Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), who also narrates—relate more to people and cultures than to species, which will surprise many listeners. Dawkins reads in a manner pleasing to the ear and suitable to the subject matter. Coming on the heels of the 2009 bicentennial celebration of Darwin's birth (see "Charles Darwin at 200," LJ 12/08), this title is highly recommended for those libraries not already owning a copy. [An alternate, unabridged recording, read by David Case, is available from Tantor Audio.—Ed.]—Gloria Maxwell, Metropolitan Community Coll.-Penn Valley Lib., Kansas City, MO
IntroductionxvPrefaceChapter 1St. Jago--Cape de Verd Islands1Chapter 2Rio de Janeiro16Chapter 3Maldonado34Chapter 4Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca55Chapter 5Bahia Blanca71Chapter 6Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres93Chapter 7Buenos Ayres and St. Fe108Chapter 8Banda Oriental and Patagonia125Chapter 9Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands156Chapter 10Tierra Del Fuego180Chapter 11Strait of Magellan--Climate of the Southern Coasts204Chapter 12Central Chile224Chapter 13Chiloe and Chonos Islands242Chapter 14Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake259Chapter 15Passage of the Cordillera279Chapter 16Northern Chile and Peru300Chapter 17Galapagos Archipelago331Chapter 18Tahiti and New Zealand358Chapter 19Australia383Chapter 20Keeling Island:--Coral Formations402Chapter 21Mauritius to England429
