| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
258 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The world's most famous iguana hurler -- Part I: Exploration -- Brazil: A chaos of delights -- Port desire: Darwin's rhea -- Port San Julian: The patagonian myth -- River Santa Cruz: The terribly uninteresting land -- Part II: Revolution -- England: One last frozen image -- Salvador Da Bahia: Beginning and end -- La Plata: In Darwin's muddy footsteps -- Tierra Del Fuego: Darwin visited (near to) here -- Bahia Blanca: The Gaucho lifestyle -- Sierra de la Ventana: Cerro Tres Picos -- Part III: Discovery -- Chiloè: Charming green things that don't ooze -- Valdivia: The apple story -- Concepciòn: Shaken, not stirred -- Pisco Elqui: Demon cactuses -- Andacollo: The gold mine -- Bell Mountain: From the Pacific to the Andes -- Amolanas Hacienda: Darwin slept here. |
| Summary |
2009 is a double-anniversary year for Darwin: the 200th anniversary of his birth in February, and the 150th anniversary of publication of The Origin of Species. Darwin Slept Here is an innovative and thrilling new look at a familiar subject from a compelling new writer to watch. |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Travel -- South America.
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Simons, Eric -- Travel -- South America.
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Natural history -- South America.
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South America -- Description and travel.
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| ISBN |
9781590202203 |
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1590202201 |
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