Fossils, Finches and Fuegians: Charles Darwin’s Adventures and Discoveries on the Beagle. Richard Keynes
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To my mother
Contents
1 The Man who Walks with Henslow
2 The Strange Consequences of Stealing a Whale-Boat
4 From Plymouth to the Cape Verde Islands
7 An Unquiet Trip from Monte Video to Buenos Aires
8 Digging up Fossils in the Cliffs at Bahia Blanca
9 The Return of the Fuegians to Their Homeland
10 First Visit to the Falkland Islands
11 Collecting Around Maldonado
12 A Meeting with General Rosas on the Ride from Patagones to Buenos Aires and Santa Fé
14 Christmas Day at Port Desire, and on to Port St Julian and Port Famine
15 Goodbye to Jemmy Button and Tierra del Fuego
16 Second Visit to the Falkland Islands
17 Ascent of the Rio Santa Cruz
18 Through the Straits of Magellan to Valparaiso
20 Chiloe and the Chonos Archipelago
21 The Great Earthquake of 1835 Hits Valdivia and Concepción
22 On Horseback from Santiago to Mendoza, and Back Over the Uspallata Pass
23 A Last Ride in the Andes, from Valparaiso to Copiapó
24 The Wreck of HMS Challenger
27 Across the Pacific to Tahiti
31 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, St Helena and Ascension Island