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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

27 chapters, about 184,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 200 words
2. AUTHOR’S PREFACE. 1,800 words
3. CHAPTER XVI 400 words
4. CHAPTER XX 200 words
5. ST. JAGO—CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS 5,400 words
6. RIO DE JANEIRO. 6,500 words
7. MALDONADO 8,200 words
8. RIO NEGRO TO BAHIA BLANCA. 7,300 words
9. BAHIA BLANCA. 7,700 words
10. BAHIA BLANCA TO BUENOS AYRES. 5,600 words
11. BUENOS AYRES TO ST. FÉ. 7,200 words
12. BANDA ORIENTAL AND PATAGONIA. 12,900 words
13. SANTA CRUZ, PATAGONIA, AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 9,600 words
14. TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 10,000 words
15. STRAIT OF MAGELLAN.—CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS. 5,800 words
16. CENTRAL CHILE 7,700 words
17. CHILOE AND CHONOS ISLANDS 7,200 words
18. CHILOE AND CONCEPCION: GREAT EARTHQUAKE 8,200 words
19. PASSAGE OF THE CORDILLERA 8,800 words
20. NORTHERN CHILE AND PERU. 13,200 words
21. GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO 10,400 words
22. TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND 11,900 words
23. AUSTRALIA 8,000 words
24. KEELING ISLAND:—CORAL FORMATIONS 7,000 words
25. Section of coral-reef 400 words
26. Section of coral-reef 2,900 words
27. MAURITIUS TO ENGLAND 9,100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• North America
• Wave

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