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Award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin's famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection.
This lively account follows the naturalist's exciting trip around the world—through seasickness, a life-threatening illness, and even an earthquake—as he explores South America, the Cape Verde Islands, Tahiti, and the Galapagos Islands. During his travels, Darwin meets Indigenous peoples and carefully collects and catalogs plants, fossils, birds, mammals, and insects. Darwin's observations of the distribution and diversity of plant and animal life ultimately leads to the development of his theories on evolution.
Readers will be inspired by Darwin's transformation from talented but mediocre schoolboy into a remarkable scientist as they read about the revolutionary voyage that forever changed the world of biology.
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Release date
October 21, 2014 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781561457465
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781561457465
- File size: 3927 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 7.5
- Lexile® Measure: 1020
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 6-8
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