1979 A Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Being Passages from the Narrative Written by Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N., Together with Extracts from his Logs, Reports and Letters; Additional Material from the Diary and Letters of Charles Darwin, Notes from Midshipman Philip King and Letters from Second Lieutenant Bartholomew Sulivan.

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

The second impression. 

In the original publisher's illustrated cloth with the original slipcase. 

Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven colour plates and a map to the endpapers. Collated complete. 

Edited by David Stanbury. 

This work provides an account of a voyage on the H.M.S Beagle compiled from passages from the 'Narrative' written by Captain Robert Fitzroy along with his letters and reports. The work also includes notes from the letters of the noted Charles Darwin and other people. The H.M.S Beagle was a ten gun brig-sloop ship belonging to the Royal Navy. The ship is best known for carrying the Charles Darwin around the world, which lead him to form his many scientific discoveries.