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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Beagle Record: Selections from the original pictorial records and written accounts of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagledi Richard Darwin Keynes
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The voyage of the HMS Beagle is largely associated with one man - Charles Darwin. This is unfortunate, as his association was only one element of an epic series of voyages by the vessel. Keynes, a descendent of Darwin, does the vessel and its crew justice by including within The Beagle Record a selection of text and images which can only serve to excite interest in other apects of the famous expediton, apart from what Darwin was up to. What I found most exciting about this book was the large number of illustration by Conrad Martens, an English landscape artist who subsequently settled in Australia and made a living selling watercolours in the picturesque style. Martens was artist on the expediton, having replace Augustus Earle, and the work of both features in this handsome edition. The mixture of heretofore unseen images, extracts from unpublished manuscripts and sections of the published accounts of the expedition make this book immensely readable and an important addition to the story of Beagle related works. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
This 1979 volume gathers together an account of the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world in 1831-6, taken from the letters of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and FitzRoy in 1839. It is illustrated by the pencil drawings and watercolours made by the Beagle's official artist, Conrad Martens, but pictures made on board by other members of the crew are also included. The bulk of the illustrations were previously unpublished, as were the letters written by Captain FitzRoy and Conrad Martens. Most of the other written sources were out of print. The book tells the story of the Beagle in the words of the participants as recorded at the time, and illustrates it with a selections from the original pictorial records. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)500.98Natural sciences and mathematics General Science General Science Biography; History By Place South AmericaClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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