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Darwin and Huxley In Australia.

Darwin and Huxley In Australia.

Darwin and Huxley In Australia.
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Darwin and Huxley In Australia.

by Marshall, A. J. (Jock)

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ISBN 10
0340126396
ISBN 13
9780340126394
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Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), sepia (brown tinted) illustrations, minor edgewear jacket (spine faded, top corner front flap clipped, tiny tear spine with slight loss one letter, few tiny spots front cover), light foxing endpapers, pages lightly toned, top edge lightly foxed. 142 pp. (This copy: Hardback dustjacket.) The story of two obscure young Englishmen who visited Australia in the service of William IV, Queen Victoria and the Admiralty. The first was Charles Darwin, official naturalist in His Majesty's survey ship 'Beagle', which sailed into Sydney Cove in 1836. The second was Thomas Henry Huxley, assistant to the 'Rattlesnake', which dropped anchor in Farm Cove eleven years later. This account of their activities by the late Professor Jock Marshall is the best recent publication.

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Bookseller
Bookhome Sydney AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
31058
Title
Darwin and Huxley In Australia.
Author
Marshall, A. J. (Jock)
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0340126396
ISBN 13
9780340126394
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication
Sydney
Date Published
1970
Keywords
australian history, travel, exploration, maritime, nature, earth sciences, geology, science, britain
Bookseller catalogs
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY;

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