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Evolution's Captain: The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
by Nichols, Peter
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- Hardcover
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- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 006008877X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060088774
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Harper, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. inc. photos, index, minimal shelf wear, previous name, dust jacket not price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy Size: Octavo. 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biographies & Memoirs; Exploration; Scientists; ISBN: 006008877X. ISBN/EAN: 9780060088774. Library of Congress No: 2003047815. Dewey Code: 918.2/76044. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 101158. . 9780060088774
Synopsis
This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the Beagle .This is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle , precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, and how the clash between FitzRoy’s fundamentalist views and Darwin’s discoveries led to FitzRoy’s descent into the abyss.One of the great ironies of history is that the famous journey – wherein Charles Darwin consolidated the earth-rattling ‘origin of the species’ discoveries – was conceived by another man: Robert FitzRoy. It was FitzRoy who chose Darwin for the journey – not because of Darwin’s scientific expertise, but because he seemed a suitable companion to help FitzRoy fight back the mental illness that had plagued his family for generations. Darwin did not give FitzRoy solace; indeed, the clash between the two men’s opposing views, together with the ramifications of Darwin’s revelations, provided FitzRoy with the final unendurable torment that forced him to end his own life.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKNEST
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101158
- Title
- Evolution's Captain: The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
- Author
- Nichols, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006008877X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060088774
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865, Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, Adventure and Beagle Expedition (1826-1830), Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) Description and travel, Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) Description and travel Biographies &
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