Fitzroy: The Remarkable Story Of Darwin's Captain And The Invention Of The Weather Forecast
Language: English
Published by Review, LONDON, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, Berks, United KingdomBishops Green Books
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Fitzroy: The Remarkable Story Of Darwin's Captain And The Invention Of The Weather Forecast By John and Mary Gribbin, First Edition, published in 2003, by Headline Book Publishing, first printing. A black coloured hardback book, with beautiful gilt titles running along the spine. Comes with nice, clean, not price clipped, dust jacket. This wonderful book is in really nice condition and as its a used book, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. 336 pages all intact and tight binding. Charles Darwin description of Robert Fitzroy shows why he is seen as such an immense figure. In 1805, Fitzroy joined the Navy when he was twelve. By the age of twenty-three he was in command of a 90-ft sailing ship, surveying the Southern tip of South America in the worst winter storms. Three years later, as one of the Navy's brightest stars, he returned to Cape Horn as Captain of the Beagle. He decided to bring with him a naturalist, Charles Darwin, whose research was to have a revolutionary impact. In this book, John and Mary Gribbin tell the remarkable story of one of the nineteenth century's greatest seamen, whose work helped not only to enable Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution, but also to make the life of all sailors who came after him so much safer. In 2002, the shipping area Finisterre was renamed FitzRoy in his honour; this book shows why it was the least he deserved.…
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- Title
- Fitzroy: The Remarkable Story Of Darwin's Captain And The Invention Of The Weather Forecast
- Author
- Gribbin, John; Gribbin, Mary
- Publisher
- Review, LONDON
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0755311817
- ISBN 13
- 9780755311811
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.66 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 16.2 centimeters width by 24.2 centimeters height by 3.3 centimeters depth
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