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1、ANATURALIST'SVOYAGEROUNDTHEWORLDByCharlesDarwinFIRSTEDITION...MAY1860.SECONDEDITION...MAY1870.THIRDEDITION...FEBRUARY1872.FOURTHEDITION...JULY1874.FIFTHEDITION...MARCH1876.SIXTHEDITION...JANUARY1879.SEVENTHEDITION...MAY1882.EIGHTHEDITION...FEBRUARY1884.NINTHEDITION...AUGUST18
2、86.TENTHEDITION...JANUARY1888.ELEVENTHEDITION...JANUARY1890.REPRINTED...JUNE1913.(FRONTISPIECE.H.M.S.BEAGLEINSTRAITSOFMAGELLAN.MT.SARMIENTOINTHEDISTANCE.)JOURNALOFRESEARCHESINTOTHENATURALHISTORYANDGEOLOGYOFTHECOUNTRIESVISITEDDURINGTHEVOYAGEROUNDTHEWORLDOFH.M.S.'BEAGLE'UNDERTH
3、ECOMMANDOFCAPTAINFITZROY,R.N.BYCHARLESDARWIN,M.A.,F.R.S.AUTHOROF'ORIGINOFSPECIES,'ETC.(PLATE1.H.M.S.BEAGLEUNDERFULLSAIL,VIEWFROMASTERN.)ANEWEDITIONWITHILLUSTRATIONSBYR.T.PRITCHETTOFPLACESVISITEDANDOBJECTSDESCRIBED.LONDONJOHNMURRAY,ALBEMARLESTREET1913.TOCHARLESLYELL,ESQ.,F.R.S
4、.,Thissecondeditionisdedicatedwithgratefulpleasure,asanacknowledgmentthatthechiefpartofwhateverscientificmeritthisjournalandtheotherworksoftheauthormaypossess,hasbeenderivedfromstudyingthewell-knownandadmirablePRINCIPLESOFGEOLOGY.PREFATORYNOTICETOTHEILLUSTRATEDEDITION.Thiswor
5、kwasdescribed,onitsfirstappearance,byawriterinthe"QuarterlyReview"as"Oneofthemostinterestingnarrativesofvoyagingthatithasfallentoourlottotakeup,andonewhichmustalwaysoccupyadistinguishedplaceinthehistoryofscientificnavigation."Thisprophecyhasbeenamplyverifiedbyexperience;theex
6、traordinaryminutenessandaccuracyofMr.Darwin'sobservations,combinedwiththecharmandsimplicityofhisdescriptions,haveensuredthepopularityofthisbookwithallclassesofreaders--andthatpopularityhasevenincreasedinrecentyears.Noattempt,however,hashithertobeenmadetoproduceanillustrateded
7、itionofthisvaluablework:numberlessplacesandobjectsarementionedanddescribed,butthedifficultyofobtainingauthenticandoriginalrepresentationsofthemdrawnforthepurposehasneverbeenovercomeuntilnow.MostoftheviewsgiveninthisworkarefromsketchesmadeonthespotbyMr.Pritchett,withMr.Darwin'
8、sbookbyhisside.SomefewoftheothersaretakenfromengravingswhichMr.Darwi