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Narrative of a voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H. M. Sloop Chanticleer, under the command of the late Captain Henry Foster, F.R.S. &c. by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by W. H. B. Webster

The philosophy of zoology : or, A general view of the structure, functions, and classification of animals by John Fleming

Voyage round the world by comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

An account of the voyages undertaken . . . for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere . . . performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks . . . by John Hawkesworth

Conjectures concerning the cause, and observations upon the phaenomena of earthquakes : particularly of that great earthquake of the first of November 1755, which proved so fatal to the city of Lisbon, and whose effects were felt as far as Africa, and more or less throughout almost all Europe by John Michell

A geological manual by Henry T. De La Beche

The history of Sir Charles Grandison ... The sixth edition. by Samuel Richardson

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CollectionsYour library (127), Inconclusive Titles (16), All collections (127)

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TagsVoyages & Travels (50), Geology (21), Zoology (14), South America (11), Natural History (10), Biology (9), Geography (6), Brazil (5), Maps & Atlases (4), Chile (4) — see all tags

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About meThe H.M.S. Beagle, most famous for its second voyage (1831-1836), on which Charles Darwin served as naturalist. Launched in May 1820, the Beagle had a long career before being broken up in 1870.

More information at Wikipedia.

About my libraryThis library is based on the Darwin Project's Books on the Beagle reconstruction of the library aboard the HMS Beagle complied "from the Beagle correspondence, CD’s diary, field notebooks, and the extensive zoological and geological notes."

See their page for further information about the books, the ship, and the notations in this catalog.

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Homepagehttp://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/books-on-the-beagle

Real nameH.M.S. Beagle

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Member sinceMar 3, 2010