Darwin's voyage on The Beagle to Tierra del Fuego and the Galapagos Islands is hailed as a pivotal point in history for discovery and the explanation of man's very being. Nick Hazlewood shatters this purely romantic notion to reveal that along with the flora and fauna collected, island children were brought back too. Jemmy Button, so called because explorers threw a pearl button at his father in recompense for his life, was one of the "savages" torn from his pacific island family and brought back to Britain. He was taught ...
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Darwin's voyage on The Beagle to Tierra del Fuego and the Galapagos Islands is hailed as a pivotal point in history for discovery and the explanation of man's very being. Nick Hazlewood shatters this purely romantic notion to reveal that along with the flora and fauna collected, island children were brought back too. Jemmy Button, so called because explorers threw a pearl button at his father in recompense for his life, was one of the "savages" torn from his pacific island family and brought back to Britain. He was taught English, dressed in British clothes and paraded to the British establishment. Such was the desire to meet him that the Royal family invited him to tea. He was an object of curiosity and fascination. Jemmy was ferried back and forth to his homeland as part of a grand experiment which ended disastrously and shockingly. Hazlewood tells this fascinating story for the first time.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780340739112.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780340739112.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good condition, a little light flecking to edges, interior clean and bright, in a Good to Very Good dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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As New in As New dust jacket. 0340739118. 384p, index, illustrated. Looks new, top corner of back cover has nick to tip. 600gms weight; Remainder; 8vo.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0340739118. Remainder marks on top and bottom of page edges, dealer's stamp on front pastedown. Some creasing bottom back panel of dustjacket; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 7.9 X 5.4 X 1.6 inches; 384 pages; "In 1830 a Yamana Indian boy, Orundellico, was bought from his uncle in Tierra del Fuego for the price of a mother-of-pearl button. Renamed Jemmy Button, he was removed from his primitive nomadic existence, where life revolved around the hunt for food and the need for shelter, and taken halfway round the world to England, then at the height of the Industrial Revolution. He learned English and Christianity, met King William IV and Queen Adelaide, and made a strong impression on many of the major figures in Britain, eventually becoming a celebrity. Charles Darwin himself befriended the Fuegian and later wrote about their time together on The Beagle, voyaging back to the southern tip of South America. Their friendship influenced one of the most important and controversial works of the century, On the Origin of the Species."
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Like New. Size: 7x5x1; 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Light wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! dnr1.
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