Evolution's Captain :The Dark Fate Of The Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around The World
Author: Peter Nichols
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: $29.95 AUD
: 9780732274788
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: 24 September 2003
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: Peter Nichols
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This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the Beagle... This is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, and how the clash between FitzRoy