FitzRoy

FitzRoy The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast

Hardback (07 Jul 2003)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Admiral FitzRoy made his name as a captain on the HMS Beagle and is best known as Darwin's captain on the voyages that gave him the key to natural selection, but this book delves deeper. He was also an active MP and governor of New Zealand, and the founder of the Meteorological Office.

Book information

ISBN: 9780755311811
Publisher: Review
Imprint: Review
Pub date:
DEWEY: 551.5092
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 336
Weight: -1g
Height: 160mm
Width: 242mm