Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; . . Hardcover. HarperCollins, 2003. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. .

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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’s fundamentalist views and Darwin’s discoveries led to FitzRoy’s descent into the abyss.One of the great ironies of history is that the famous journey – wherein Charles Darwin consolidated the earth-rattling ‘origin of the species’ discoveries – was conceived by another man: Robert FitzRoy. It was FitzRoy who chose Darwin for the journey – not because of Darwin’s scientific expertise, but because he seemed a suitable companion to help FitzRoy fight back the mental illness that had plagued his family for generations. Darwin did not give FitzRoy solace; indeed, the clash between the two men’s opposing views, together with the ramifications of Darwin’s revelations, provided FitzRoy with the final unendurable torment that forced him to end his own life.

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Bookseller: HousatonicBooks (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 028720
Title: Evolution's Captain
Author: Nichols, Peter
Format/Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 006008877X
ISBN 13: 9780060088774
Publisher: Harper
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: 2003
Bookseller catalogs: Discovery And Exploration (general);

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