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| fixed length control field |
100107s1989 nyua b 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
89212506 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
014043268X |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) u3178 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Transcribing agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Modifying agency |
EG-CaNU |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ncode |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
508.092 |
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B |
| Edition number |
20 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Darwin, Charles, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1809-1882. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6106 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Voyage of the Beagle : |
| Remainder of title |
Charles Darwin’s Journal of researches / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Charles Darwin ; edited with an introduction by Janet Browne and Michael Neve. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London, England ; |
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New York, N.Y., USA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1989. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 432 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Penguin classics |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Previously published as: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
List of maps and illustrationsp. vii Acknowledgementsp. viii Chronologyp. ix Introductionp. 1 A note on this editionp. 27 Charles Darwin's Journal of Researchesp. 29 Author's prefacep. 33 Admiralty instructions for the Beagle voyagep. 378 Robert FitzRoy's 'Remarks with reference to the Deluge'p. 400 Biographical guidep. 425 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
When the Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. Hi journal shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology and natural history, as well as people, places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the Gossamer spider of Patagonia, the Australasian coral reefs and the brilliance of the firefly all are to be found in these extraordinary writings. The insights made on the five-year voyage were to set in motion the intellectual currents that led to the most controversial book of the Victorian age: The Origin of Species. This volume reprints Charles Darwin's journal in a shortened form. It contains an introduction on the background to Darwin's work, as well as notes, maps, appendices and an essay on scientific geology and the Bible by Robert FitzRoy, Darwin's friend and captain of the Beagle. About The Author Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and was educated at Shrewsbury School, Edinburgh University and Christ’s College Cambridge. He took his degree in 1831 and in the same year embarked on a five-year voyage on HMS Beagle as a companion to the captain; the purpose of the voyage was to chart the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and to carry a chain of chronometric readings round the world. While he was away some of his letters on scientific matters were privately published, and on his return he at once took his place among the leading men of science. In 1839 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Most of the rest of his life was occupied in publishing the findings of the voyage and in documenting his theory of the transmutation of species. On the origin of species by means of natural selection appeared in 1859. Darwin spent many years with his wife – his cousin Emma Wedgwood, whom he had married in 1839 – and their children at Down House in Kent. He died in 1882, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. |
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1 |
| 611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME |
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| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Beagle Expedition |
| Date of meeting or treaty signing |
(1831-1836) |
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6107 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Natural history. |
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339 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Geology. |
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6108 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
South America |
| General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6109 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Voyages around the world |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6110 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Neve, Michael. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6111 |
| 740 0# - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE |
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| Uncontrolled related/analytical title |
Charles Darwin’s journal of researches. |