El viatge del Beagle
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- anglès
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- ~220.000 paraules · 1.048 passatges
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- APACharles Darwin. (n.d.). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visi [El viatge del Beagle]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/charles-darwin/journal-of-researches-into-the-natural-history-and-geology-of-the-countries-visi
- MLACharles Darwin. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visi [El viatge del Beagle]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/charles-darwin/journal-of-researches-into-the-natural-history-and-geology-of-the-countries-visi.
- ChicagoCharles Darwin. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visi [El viatge del Beagle]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/charles-darwin/journal-of-researches-into-the-natural-history-and-geology-of-the-countries-visi.
Referència de l'edició que reprodueix SigPhi: SigPhi n'és la reproducció digital, no l'editor. L'any de l'edició no consta a les metadades (per això «n.d.») i el traductor només hi surt quan consta.
De què tracta
El títol original del diari del Beagle: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage.
Context i història
És la mateixa obra que al catàleg surt també com The Voyage of the Beagle, i convé dir-ho perquè no sembli que Darwin va escriure dos llibres. Aquest és el nom amb què va sortir; el de Voyage es va imposar més tard. La primera edició és del 1839 i la segona, del 1845, està reescrita en punts importants. Per citar-lo cal dir sempre quina edició es fa servir, perquè no diuen el mateix.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
is situated at the bottom of a valley, bounded by lofty and jagged walls of stratified lava. The black rocks afford a most striking contrast with the bright green vegetation, which follows the banks of a little stream of clear water. It happened to be a grand feast-day, and the village was full of people. On our return we overtook a party of about twenty young black girls, dressed in excellent taste; their black skins and snow-white linen being set off by coloured turbans and large shawls. As soon as we approached near, they suddenly all turned round, and covering the path with their shawls, sung with great energy a wild song, beating time with their hands upon their legs. We threw them some vintéms, which were received with screams of laughter, and we left them redoubling the noise of their song. One morning the view was singularly clear; the distant mountains being projected with the sharpest outline, on a heavy bank of dark blue clouds. Judging from the appearance, and from similar cases in England, I supposed that the air was saturated with moisture. The fact, however, turned out quite the contrary. The hygrometer gave a difference of 29.6 degrees, between the temperature of the air, and the point at which dew was precipitated. This difference was nearly double that which I had observed on the previous mornings. This unusual degree of atmospheric dryness was accompanied by continual flashes of lightning. Is it not an uncommon case, thus to find a remarkable degree of aerial transparency with such a state of weather? Generally the atmosphere is hazy; and this is caused by the falling of impalpably fine dust, which was found to have slightly injured the astronomical instruments. The morning before we anchored at Porto Praya, I collected a little packet of this brown-coloured fine dust, which appeared to have been filtered from the wind by the gauze of the vane at the masthead. Mr.…