Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836:. describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. In three volumes. Vol. I.
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3055910
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., plates : ill., maps ; 8vo. Imperfect: wants v.3. The appendix to v.2, issued here with [v].III on spine, treated as [v.4] for consistency with other sets. Provenance: inscribed "Ashton Mosley, Burnaston House, Etwall, Derbyshire" [i.e. Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley (1792-1875)]. Binding: publisher's maroon cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy (1805 - 1865) Philip Parker King (1793-1856)