The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
The Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin

The Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin with David Quammen

459 pages first pub 1839 (editions)

nonfiction history science travel adventurous informative slow-paced

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s/t: Charles Darwin's Journal of ResearchesWhen the Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. It was to last five years and transform him from an amiable and some...

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informative 87%
adventurous 75%
challenging 50%
inspiring 50%
reflective 50%
dark 12%
hopeful 12%
sad 12%

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medium 14%
fast 14%

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