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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), Robert FITZROY (1805-1865), PHILIP Parker KING (1793-1856). A Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 1826-1836, describing their examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. In Three Volumes. I: Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830, under the Command of Captain P. Parker King. II: Proceedings of the Second Expedition, 1831-1836, under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy [- Appendix to the Second Volume]. III: Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, from 1832 to 1836. London: J.L. Cox and Sons [vols I-II and 'Appendix'] and Whiting [vol. III] for Henry Colburn, 1839.
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), Robert FITZROY (1805-1865), PHILIP Parker KING (1793-1856). A Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 1826-1836, describing their examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. In Three Volumes. I: Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830, under the Command of Captain P. Parker King. II: Proceedings of the Second Expedition, 1831-1836, under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy [- Appendix to the Second Volume]. III: Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, from 1832 to 1836. London: J.L. Cox and Sons [vols I-II and 'Appendix'] and Whiting [vol. III] for Henry Colburn, 1839. 3 volumes in 4 (Vols I-III and Appendix to Vol. II), 8 o (232 x 148 mm). 47 engraved plates and views including 2 charts; 9 folding maps (6 loose in map sleeve and 3 bound-in). (Occasional spotting to some plates, a few short tears to folds of maps.) Original blue cloth [Freeman binding variant a], sides blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt with the authors' names and the publisher's name "COLBURN , LONDON" (rebacked preserving original spines). FIRST EDITION OF DARWIN'S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, second issue of volume III. Described as "one of the most famous journeys ever undertaken," the Admiralty Surveying Expedition of H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836) carried the 23-year old Charles Darwin as Naturalist and Geologist. It was his observations on the voyage which gave birth to and gradually strengthened his convictions regarding natural selection and evolution. On the first voyage of 1826-1830, King and Fitzroy charted the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and on the second voyage (1831-1836) further charted the South American and Australian coasts, the Galapagos Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti. Magnetic observations in the appendix are by Edward Sabine who was with both John Ross and William Parry in the Arctic. Darwin's own investigations, most notably in the Galapagos, are fully contained in vol. III, together with his journey up the Paraná River and into the Andes towards the Cordillera. He later wrote that this voyage had "been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career." Expedition artists were Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens from whose drawings many of the engravings were prepared. Freeman 11; Hill 607; Norman 585; Sabin 37826. (4)