El viatge del Beagle (ed. 2)
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- APACharles Darwin. (n.d.). The Voyage of the Beagle [El viatge del Beagle (ed. 2)]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/charles-darwin/the-voyage-of-the-beagle
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De què tracta
El diari del viatge de Darwin al voltant del món a bord del Beagle, entre el 1831 i el 1836: geologia, animals, plantes, i també la gent i els llocs que va veure.
Context i història
Es publica amb dos títols, i és bo saber-ho: aquest i Journal of Researches, que és el nom original i que al catàleg també hi és. Són la mateixa obra. La primera edició és del 1839, i la segona, del 1845, està força reescrita —hi ha passatges famosos sobre les illes Galápagos que a la primera no diuen el mateix, perquè entremig Darwin havia començat a pensar en l'evolució. És també un llibre de viatges amb tots els prejudicis del seu segle, i llegit avui es nota.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
air is swallowed, and is then forced into the cavity of the body, its return being prevented by a muscular contraction which is externally visible: but the water enters in a gentle stream through the mouth, which is kept wide open and motionless; this latter action must, therefore, depend on suction. The skin about the abdomen is much looser than that on the back; hence, during the inflation, the lower surface becomes far more distended than the upper; and the fish, in consequence, floats with its back downwards. Cuvier doubts whether the Diodon in this position is able to swim; but not only can it thus move forward in a straight line, but it can turn round to either side. This latter movement is effected solely by the aid of the pectoral fins; the tail being collapsed, and not used. From the body being buoyed up with so much air, the branchial openings are out of water, but a stream drawn in by the mouth constantly flows through them. The fish, having remained in this distended state for a short time, generally expelled the air and water with considerable force from the branchial apertures and mouth. It could emit, at will, a certain portion of the water, and it appears, therefore, probable that this fluid is taken in partly for the sake of regulating its specific gravity. This Diodon possessed several means of defence. It could give a severe bite, and could eject water from its mouth to some distance, at the same time making a curious noise by the movement of its jaws. By the inflation of its body, the papillae, with which the skin is covered, become erect and pointed. But the most curious circumstance is, that it secretes from the skin of its belly, when handled, a most beautiful carmine-red fibrous matter, which stains ivory and paper in so permanent a manner that the tint is retained with all its brightness to the present day: I am quite ignorant of the nature and use of this secretion. I have heard from Dr.…