19004 Profile Books, London, 2003. 8vo.pp.x + 336. Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. At the beginning of the voyage Fitzroy and Darwin believed completely the absolute word of the bible.But Fitzroy a passionate Christian was horrified at Darwin's heretical theories.In naval terms the voyage was a complete scientific success but as these discoveries began to influence the profoundest levels of religious and scientific thinking in the nineteenth century,Fitzroy's knowledge that he had provided the young naturalist with the vehicle for all his ideas spun him into tragedy. $35.00AUD
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