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MARC recordDarwin's desolate islands: a naturalist in the Falklands, 1833 and 1834 / Patrick Armstrong.
| Title: | Darwin's desolate islands: a naturalist in the Falklands, 1833 and 1834 / Patrick Armstrong. |
| Author(s): | Armstrong, Patrick. |
| Date: | 1992. |
| Publisher: | Chippenham: Picton Publishing |
| Abstract: | Documents chronology of Charles Darwin's two sojourns in Falkland Islands, March--April, 1833 and 1834, using published and unpublished sources to examine his working methods and indicate complexity of his observations. Emphasises significance of biological and geological work but also depicts daily lives of Darwin and crew of the Beagle while in the Falklands. |
| Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1831-36 FitzRoy. 5(091) -- History of science. 82-94 -- Diaries and expedition journals. 92 -- Biographies: Darwin, Charles Robert. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*721) -- Falkland Islands. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*721) : 93[1992] |
| SPRI record no.: | 119327 |
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