Geological observations : on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' / by Charles Darwin ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Contributor:

Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854., Author of afterword, colophon, etc.

Lonsdale, W. (William), 1794-1871., Author of afterword, colophon, etc.

Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854, Author of afterword, colophon, etc.

Smith, Elder, and Co., Publisher.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beagle Expedition (1831-1836).

Beagle Expedition.

Coral reefs and islands.

Volcanoes.

Genre:

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1891.

Physical Description:

xiii, 648 p., [7] fold. plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.

Edition:

3d ed. ; with maps and illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1891.

Contents:

St.Jago, in the Cape De Verde archipelago

Fernando Noronha; Terceira; Tahiti, etc

Ascension

St. Helena

Galapagos archipelago

Trachyte and basalt-distributions of volcanic isles

Australia; New Zealand; Cape of Good Hope

On the elevation of the eastern coast of South America

On the elevation of the western coast of South America

On the plains and valleys of Chile: -saliferous superficial deposits

On the formations of the pampas

On the older tertiary formations of Patagonia and Chile

Plutonic and metamorphic rocks:- clevage and foliation

Central chile:- structure of the cordillera

Northern Chile-conclusion.

Notes:

"Authorized edition."

In 2 parts, first published separately in 1844 and 1846.

Descriptions of fossil shells, by G. B. Sowerby: pt. I, Appendix, p. [171]-177.

Description of six species of corals, from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Dieman's Land, by W. Lonsdale: pt. I, Appendix, p. 178-185.

Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America, by G. B. Sowerby: pt. II, Appendix, p. [605]-623.

Descriptions of secondary shells from South America, by Professor E. Forbes: pt. II, Appendix, p. 624-627.

Map at end of part I: Southern portion of South America. London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in deep red cloth, designs in black.

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Cited in:

Freeman, R.B. The works of Charles Darwin, 282

OCLC:

6978749