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Illustrated by
Mark Bergin.
This book focuses on Darwin's experience and enthusiasm as the scientific expert on the Beagle, the ship itself and life aboard her, the principal ports of the five-year voyage, and Darwin's later cataloguing and synthesis of his observations into the theory of evolution. Captioned art illustrates the chronological text, with smaller details and maps to the side. Timeline. Glos., ind.