"Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N."



by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S.



Published by T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, Edinburgh and New York. 1890.



CONTENTS


Preface


I. St Jago - Cape De Verd Islands, etc.


II. Rio de Janeiro


III. Maldonado


IV. Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca


V. Bahai Blanca


VI. Bahai Blanca to Buenos Ayres


VII. Buenos Ayres to Santa Fe


VIII. Banda Oriental and Patagonia


IX. Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands


X. Tierra del Fuego


XI. Strait of Magellan - Climate of the Southern Coasts


XII. Central Chili


XIII. Chiloe and Chonos Islands


XIV. Chiloe and Concepcion : Great Earthquake


XV. Passage of the Cordillera


XVI. Northern Chili and Peru


XVII. Galapagos Archipelago


XVIII. Tahiti and New Zealand


XIX. Australia


XX. Keeling Island - Coral Formations


XXI. Mauritius to England



PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS


Phosphorescent Sea (frontispiece)


Brazilian Forest


Vampire Bat / Ants' Nest


Throwing the Bolas


Skeleton of the Megatherium / Skeleton of the Mylodon Darwinii


Buenos Ayres (double plate)


Bizcachas


Islets of the Parana


Jaguar Fishing


Herd of Cattle Crossing the Uruguay


The Condor


Fuegians and their Wigwams (double plate)


The Puma


Travelling in the Andes


Plain of Uspallata near Mendoza


(double plate)


The Queen's Palace at Papiete, Tahiti (double plate)


Sydney (double plate)


Native of Australia


Kangaroo Rats / Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus


Whitsunday Island


Peak and Barrier-Reef of Bolabola


St Helena



Hardback in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt decoration to the middle of the front board and gilt title to the spine. 4 page preface, contents list page, 604 pages, 11 page index. Frontispiece plate plus a further 18 full page plates, 5 double plates, and 6 illustrations within the text. Black and white illustrated plates. Light foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Previous owner's name inscription to ffep, occasional marginalia. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Lettering remains bright and clear. In overall very good condition. 615pp, 22 x 15 cm.