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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Volcanic Islands
Charles Darwin
211 pages~4 hr 12 min read97 chapters$4.99
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
- 1Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands
- 2Contents
- 3EDITORIAL NOTE
- 4G.T.B.
- 5VOLCANIC ISLANDS.
- 6DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 7I.—ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO.
- 8II.—FERNANDO NORONHA; TERCEIRA; TAHITI, ETC.
- 9III.—ASCENSION.
- 10IV.—ST. HELENA.
- 11V.—GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO.
- 12VI.—TRACHYTE AND BASALT.—DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES.
- 13VII.—AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
- 14INDEX.
- 15GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON VOLCANIC ISLANDS.
- 16CRITICAL INTRODUCTION.
- 17JOHN W. JUDD.
- 18CHAPTER I. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO.
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