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Volcanic Islands

Charles Darwin

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On the Beagle voyage Darwin studied the volcanic islands he visited, and here he explains their rocks and formation: St Helena, Ascension, and the famous Galapagos among them. A geologist's Darwin, reading fire and time in island stone. Precise and foundational. Examine the volcanic islands that helped shape a great mind.

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97 chapters

  1. 1Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3EDITORIAL NOTE
  4. 4G.T.B.
  5. 5VOLCANIC ISLANDS.
  6. 6DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
  7. 7I.—ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO.
  8. 8II.—FERNANDO NORONHA; TERCEIRA; TAHITI, ETC.
  9. 9III.—ASCENSION.
  10. 10IV.—ST. HELENA.
  11. 11V.—GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO.
  12. 12VI.—TRACHYTE AND BASALT.—DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES.
  13. 13VII.—AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
  14. 14INDEX.
  15. 15GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON VOLCANIC ISLANDS.
  16. 16CRITICAL INTRODUCTION.
  17. 17JOHN W. JUDD.
  18. 18CHAPTER I. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO.

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