Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America

by Eric Simons

Book Overview

He had just hiked the mountains overlooking Beagle Channel, and found himself engrossed in Darwin's account. Like Simons, Darwin was in his mid-twenties when he traveled to South America. Simons followed Darwin further into the continent-to stand where Darwin had, and to explore the histories, legends and people that had fascinated the great scientist two centuries before. He trekked to as many of the locations Darwin wrote about as he could find,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590202996
• ISBN13: 9781590202999
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher