{"product_id":"9781531205393","title":"The Voyage of the Beagle","description":"\"I hate every wave of the ocean,\" the seasick Charles Darwin wrote to his family during his five-year voyage on the H.M.S. \u003ci\u003eBeagle.\u003c\/i\u003e It was this world-wide journey, however, that launched the scientist’s career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of the Beagle\u003c\/i\u003e is Darwin's fascinating account of his trip - of his biological and geological observations and collection activities, of his speculations about the causes and theories behind scientific phenomena, of his interactions with various native peoples, of his beautiful descriptions of the lands he visited, and of his amazing discoveries in the Galapagos archipelago. Although scientific in nature, the literary quality rivals those of John Muir and Henry Thoreau. \u003cp\u003e    \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Charles Darwin is the author of one of the most controversial and influential works in Western thought, \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of the Species\u003c\/i\u003e (1859). At age twenty-two, Darwin, who had dropped out of medical school in Edinburgh, became the gentleman companion (and only secondarily, naturalist) to the moody, irascible Captain Robert FitzRoy. Although his father had wanted him to become a pastor, Darwin’s journey on the H.M.S. \u003ci\u003eBeagle\u003c\/i\u003e led to him instead becoming the forerunner of evolutionary theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Dodo Collections","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137271480560,"sku":"9781531205393","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781531205393_p0.jpg?v=1763739331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781531205393","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}