El viaje del Beagle (ed. 2)
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- APACharles Darwin. (n.d.). The Voyage of the Beagle [El viaje del Beagle (ed. 2)]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/charles-darwin/the-voyage-of-the-beagle
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De qué trata
El diario del viaje de Darwin alrededor del mundo a bordo del Beagle, entre 1831 y 1836: geología, animales, plantas, y también la gente y los lugares que vio.
Contexto e historia
Se publica con dos títulos, y conviene saberlo: este y Journal of Researches, que es el nombre original y que en el catálogo también está. Son la misma obra. La primera edición es de 1839, y la segunda, de 1845, está bastante reescrita —hay pasajes famosos sobre las Galápagos que en la primera no dicen lo mismo, porque entretanto Darwin había empezado a pensar en la evolución. Es también un libro de viajes con todos los prejuicios de su siglo, y leído hoy se nota.
Contexto editorial, no una fuente citable: a diferencia de los pasajes de la obra, estos datos no se pueden comprobar contra 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.…