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Summary. The Beagle enters the Strait of Magellan. The surrounding plains are similar to those in Patagonia. At Cape Gregory, Charles Darwin and the men on the Beagle meet "the famous gigantic Patagonians" whom Darwin states must be "the tallest race which we saw anywhere." He praises these people as being "good-humored" and half-civilized most ...
Cut it out. Fans of the written word who’d love to read something Minecrafty but can only just about stand a few more sentences from me are in luck. Because today is the launch of our latest novel Minecraft: The Voyage. Our hero, Stax, is the rich heir to a mining company. He lives a contented, quiet life in his luxurious estate, until one ...
5 de jun. de 2012 · Editorial preface. Diderot drafted his review of Bougainville's Voyage autour du monde in 1771, shortly after the work was published. Although in the Voyage the material on Tahiti occupied just two brief chapters, it was that material which most attracted Diderot's attention; and his treatment of it, together with an amplification of his direct appeal to Bougainville in the review to leave ...
21 de jun. de 2018 · Doldrums and Trinidad. Columbus’ bad luck on the third voyage began almost immediately. After making slow progress from Spain, his fleet hit the doldrums, which is a calm, hot stretch of ocean with little or no wind. Columbus and his men spent several days battling heat and thirst with no wind to propel their ships.
Sokurah steals into Parisa's bedchamber at night, and enchants her with the smoke of a magic candle, which shrinks Parisa down to the size of a small bird. In the morning, Parisa's handmaid discovers her enchantment. The Caliph, Sinbad, and Parisa's father the Sultan are shocked. The Sultan blames Bagdad, and becomes infuriated.
But when Darwin woke up after his first night's sleep on the ship, he found that they were headed back to England. A wind from the southwest was pushing them back to where they had come from. Finally, after a muted Christmas spent at the port, the ship left on December 27, 1831. The offer of a position on the Beagle, which Charles received on ...
Summary. Charles Darwin accepts an invitation to visit an Englishman's estate about 100 miles from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Darwin is moved by the "splendor ... [and] grandeur" of the landscape he passes through. He and his host pass by an area where runaway slaves had tried to live free but were later captured and returned to their owners.
