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Young Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle

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By Ruth Ashby
Publisher Peachtree Publishers - (Peachtree Junior)
Young Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle
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In this fascinating new book, awardwinning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin#146;s famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection. Ashby#146;s lively account follows the naturalist#146;s exciting trip around the worldthrough seasickness, a lifethreatening illness, and even an earthquakeas he explores South America, the Cape Verde Islands, Tahiti, and the Galapagos Islands. During his travels, Darwin meets indigenous peoples and carefully collects and catalogs plants, fossils, birds, mammals, and insects. Darwin#146;s observations of the distribution and diversity of plant and animal life ultimately leads to the development of his theories on evolution and the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES in 1859. Readers will be inspired by Darwin#146;s transformation from talented but mediocre schoolboy into a remarkable scientist as they read about the revolutionary voyage that forever changed the world of biology.

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20498 words20,498 words
128 pages128 pages
Lexile 1020LLexile 1020L
Grade 3 to 6Grade 3 to 6
Age 8-11Age 8-11
Published 2009Published 2009

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9781561454785

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