In this fascinating new book, award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwins famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection. Ashbys lively account follows the naturalists exciting trip around the worldthrough seasickness, a life-threatening illness, and even an earthquakeas he explores South America, the Cape Verde Islands, Tahiti, and the Galapagos Islands. During his travels, Darwin meets indigeus peoples and carefully collects and catalogs plants, fossils, birds, mammals, and insects. Darwins observations of the distribution and diversity of plant and animal life ultimately leads to the development of his theories on evolution and the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES in 1859. Readers will be inspired by Darwins transformation from talented but mediocre schoolboy into a remarkable scientist as they read about the revolutionary voyage that forever changed the world of biology.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
ISBN-10
1561454788
ISBN-13
9781561454785
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189639193
Product Key Features
Author
Ruth Ashby
Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Children's General Non-Fiction
Additional Product Features
Content Note
Illustrations
Date of Publication
01/02/2009
Imprint
Peachtree Publishers
Country of Publication
United States
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