Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. ʻBeagle
By: by Charles Darwin
Contributors: Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854; Lonsdale, W. (William), 1794-1871; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854
Edition: 3rd ed. / with maps and illustrations.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: D. Appleton
Published: 1900
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 648
Subjects: Volcanoes; Geology; Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)
Notes: On verso of t.p.: Authorized edition.

In 2 parts, originally published separately in 1844 and 1846.

Descriptions of fossil shells, by G.B. Sowerby: pt. I, Appendix, p. [171]-177.

Description of six species of corals, from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land, by W. Lonsdale: pt. I, Appendix, p. 178-185.

Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America, by G.B. Sowerby: pt. II, Appendix, p. [605]-623.

Descriptions of secondary shells from South America, by Professor E. Forbes: pt. II, Appendix, p. 624-627.

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.