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Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836

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Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. In three volumes. ...

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Alternative: Journal of Charles Darwin, M.A., naturalist to the Beagle
Alternative: Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle

By

Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Colburn, Henry, 1855
J.L. Cox And Sons,

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London, Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1839

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Signatures: Vol. I. a-b⁸ B-2P⁸ 2Q⁶ ; Vol. II. [A]⁸ B-2X⁸ 2Y⁴ ; Vol. III. a⁴ b² c¹ B-2Q*⁸ 2Q**² Q***¹ 2R⁴ ; Appendix. [a]⁴ b-m⁴ n-2e⁸ f⁴

Pagination: Vol. I. xxviii, [4], 597, [1] pages, [17] leaves of plates (1 folded) ; Vol. II. xiv, [2], 694, [2] pages, [25] leaves of plates ; Vol. III. xiv, 629, [1], [609]-615, [1] pages ; Appendix. viii, 352 pages, [5] leaves of plates.

Contents: v. 1. Proceedings of the first expedition, 1826-1830, under the command of Captain P. Parker King, R.N., F.R.S. -- v. 2. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-1836, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. -- Appendix to Vol. II. -- v. 3. Journal and remarks, 1832-1836. / By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A. sec. Geol. Soc.

Half title (v. 1, 2, and 3): Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle.

Caption title to v.3: Journal of Charles Darwin, M.A., naturalist to the Beagle.

Vol. 3 was also separately issued in the same year under title: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836. / By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A.F.R.S. secretary to the Geological Society.

Publisher's advertisements dated Aug. 1839, bound into some copies of the v. 2 appendix, specify "3 vols. 8vo", noting that vol. 1 was written by Captain P.P. King, with an appendix on magnetic observations by Major Sabine (printed on p. 497-528), and that vol. 2 was written by Captain Robert Fitzroy (also the editor of both vols.), with an appendix (which was issued separately bound); there is no mention of Darwin's volume, which appears elsewhere in the list under its separate title. In later advertisements the work is described as 2 vols., noting that "Mr. Darwin's journal ... may be had in a single volume". See Freeman, p. 34.

Vol. 3 printed by Whiting, Beaufort House, London.

In each volume, two of the plates are folded and placed in front pockets.

Errata: v. 1, p. [4] (second sequence); v. 2, p. viii.

Freeman, R.B. Darwin (2nd ed.), | 10

University of California, San Diego. Hill collection of Pacific voyages (2nd ed.), | 607

Hook & Norman. Haskell F. Norman Lib., | 584

This volume details the work of the HMS Beagle between the years 1831 and 1836. Naturalist Charles Darwin's insights during this cruise led to the Theory of Evolution and also to the accepted theory of the mode of formation of coral reefs. Darwin was Fitzroy's messmate for most of the cruise as well as a sounding board for ideas. Fitzroy was quite conservative in his views which sometimes led to friction between him and Darwin. Fitzroy went on to become the first head of the British Meteorological Office.