Voyage of The Beagle (Wordsworth Classics) 小猎犬号之旅

CharlesDarwin'stravelsaroundtheworldasanindependentnaturalistonHMSBeaglebetween1831and1836impresseduponhimasenseofthenaturalworld'sbeautyandsublimitywhichlanguagecouldbarelycapture.Words,hesaid,wereinadequatetoconveytothosewhohavenotvisitedtheinter-tropicalregions,thesensationofdelightwhichthemindexperiences'.YetinatraveljournalwhichtakesthereaderfromthecoastsandinteriorsofSouthAmericatoSouthSeaIslands,Darwin'sdescriptivepowersareconstantlychallenged,butneveronceovercome.Inaddition,TheVoyageoftheBeagledisplaysDarwin'spowerful,speculativemindatwork,posingsearchingquestionsaboutthecomplexrelationbetweentheEarth'sstructure,animalforms,anthropologyandtheoriginsoflifeitself.