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The Voyage of the Beagle - Darwin's extraordinary adventure aboard FitzRoy's famous survey ship
James Taylor, Art History MA (Hons) 1985
The Voyage of the Beagle brings together for the first time in a single volume the circumstances that set the Beagle voyage in motion and people who traveled aboard in their various capacities. Chapters include the career history of Beagle, including cabin layouts and plans, biographies on Darwin and Captain Robert Fitzroy and the work of the crew members and artists who accompanied the survey voyage.
Illustrated with artworks, sketches and charts that were produced during and after the voyage by those on board, as well as portraits and artefacts, and with first-hand accounts in the form of extracts from diaries and letters.
James Taylor has woven together all the various strands of the Beagle story to produce a thoroughly engaging and highly informative read that is sure to appeal to anyone from scientists to art lovers and maritime historians
ISBN: 9781844860661
