FitzRoy : the remarkable story of Darwin's captain and the invention of the weather forecast / John and Mary Gribbin.
2004
QC858.F5 G75 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
FitzRoy : the remarkable story of Darwin's captain and the invention of the weather forecast / John and Mary Gribbin.
Author
Gribbin, John, 1946-
ISBN
0300103611 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2004, c2003.
Language
English
Description
xii, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
QC858.F5 G75 2004
Note
First published in United Kingdom in 2003 by Review.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-313) and index.
Added Author
Gribbin, Mary.
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Table of Contents
A very British hero
Before the Beagle
First command
Interlude in England
FitzRoy's passenger
The Darwin voyage
The happy return
Difficulties down under
Unrequited hopes
Prophet without honor.
Before the Beagle
First command
Interlude in England
FitzRoy's passenger
The Darwin voyage
The happy return
Difficulties down under
Unrequited hopes
Prophet without honor.