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Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle:

by Charles Darwin · 1839

History · ranked #14 in category

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I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scien

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Category
History
First published
1839 · 1830s
Author
Charles Darwin
Standing
Recommended

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