Darwin and the Beagle

Full tan cloth with black illustration of a tall ship on the front board. Gilt lettering on the spine. Book is in light new condition with only defect is a gift inscription on the front free endpage. Jacket is in near new condition with just slight wear at the corners and age-toning visible to the back of jacket. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a EXCELLENT dust jacket. The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, which brought him considerable fame and respect. The title refers to the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set out on 27 December 1831 under the command of captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five -- the Beagle did not return until 2 October 1836. Darwin spent most of this time exploring on land (three years and three months on land; 18 months at sea). The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into the theory of evolution are hinted at in the book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…