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Travels in South America, during the years 1819-20-21; containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile by Alexander Caldcleugh

Manuel de l'histoire naturelle des mollusques et de leurs coquilles : ayant pour base de classification celle de M. le baron Cuvier by Sander Rang

Considerations of the evidences of a recent deluge by William Buckland

History of Brazil by Robert Southey

An account of the voyages undertaken . . . for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere . . . performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks . . . by John Hawkesworth

Zoological researches and illustrations, or, Natural history of nondescript of imperfectly known animals. Vol 1, Pt. 1. by John Vaughan Thompson

Extracts from a journal, written on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 by Basil Hall

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TagsVoyages & Travels (50), Geology (21), Zoology (14), South America (11), Natural History (10), Biology (9), Geography (6), Brazil (5), Maps & Atlases (4), Chile (4) — see all tags

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About meThe H.M.S. Beagle, most famous for its second voyage (1831-1836), on which Charles Darwin served as naturalist. Launched in May 1820, the Beagle had a long career before being broken up in 1870.

More information at Wikipedia.

About my libraryThis library is based on the Darwin Project's Books on the Beagle reconstruction of the library aboard the HMS Beagle complied "from the Beagle correspondence, CD’s diary, field notebooks, and the extensive zoological and geological notes."

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Homepagehttp://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/books-on-the-beagle

Real nameH.M.S. Beagle

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Member sinceMar 3, 2010