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Charles Darwin

was born at his famliy home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on this day in 1809.

"What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include the same bones, in the same relative positions?" --from THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES (1859) by Charles Darwin

Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the greatest importance: its revolutionary theory of evolution by means of natural selection provoked a furious reaction that continues to this day. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES is here published together with Darwin’s earlier THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘BEAGLE’. This 1839 account of the journeys to South America and the Pacific islands that first put Darwin on the track of his remarkable theories derives an added charm from his vivid description of his travels in exotic places and his eye for the piquant detail. READ an excerpt here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Ten books that changed the world

10 authors choose books ‘not of an age, but for all time’ at The Guardian - http://tinyurl.com/prcydx3

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid - little work of art in itself by Oliver Byrne - https://archive.org/details/firstsixbooksofe00eucl (at the Internet Archive.)

Die Traumdeutung by Sigmund Freud - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40739

The Sayings of Confucius (translation Lionel Giles, 1910) - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46389

On the Origin of Species (2nd ed. 1860) by Charles Darwin - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22764

Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the HMS Beagle

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http://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=dee8797954fe4526953075225c26646c&webmap=76376de01e52424f873862c8226c75b0#

Today the place many people most strongly associate with Charles Darwin is the Galapagos Islands, but Darwin's historic voyage on the HMS Beagle encompassed far more than is often realized. This story map by Esri's Matt Artz combines geography and history to create an interactive spatial timeline of Darwin's journey that incorporates the famed naturalist's own words and period imagery (with some contemporary photographs). Visitors can navigate this global journey by the row of thumbnails at the bottom, and they can also zoom in and out of the map. The story begins at Devonport, England, from which the Beagle's voyage launched in December 1831. From there, the story map takes visitors on a multi-continent tour along Darwin's route, with stops that include the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa, various points in Brazil, and Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of the Americas, before reaching the Galapagos Islands in September 1835. The voyage continues across the Pacific Ocean, reaching New Zealand and Australia before crossing the Indian Ocean to Mauritius and South Africa, ultimately crossing the Atlantic a second time before returning to England in 1836.

via https://scout.wisc.edu/archives/r50646/charles_darwin_and_the_voyage_of_the_hms_beagle

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