diff --git a/src/epub/content.opf b/src/epub/content.opf index 61a5e39..28075a1 100644 --- a/src/epub/content.opf +++ b/src/epub/content.opf @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ url:https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-darwin/the-voyage-of-the-beagle - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z + 2023-09-23T15:21:00Z + 2023-09-23T15:21:00Z The source text and artwork in this ebook are believed to be in the United States public domain; that is, they are believed to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. They may still be copyrighted in other countries, so users located outside of the United States must check their local laws before using this ebook. The creators of, and contributors to, this ebook dedicate their contributions to the worldwide public domain via the terms in the [CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Standard Ebooks Standard Ebooks @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The Voyage of the Beagle Voyage of the Beagle, The + Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. Natural history Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) Geology @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ LCSH Unknown Nonfiction - A personal account of a voyage around the world in the 1830s investigating the geology, botany and zoology of various countries. + Darwin’s personal account of his 1831 voyage around the world investigating the geology, botany, and zoology of various lands. <p>In 1831, the twenty-two-year old <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-darwin">Charles Darwin</a> embarked on the Royal Navy ship H.M.S. <i>Beagle</i> as it set off on what was to be a five-year-long surveying expedition around South America and across the Pacific. Darwin was employed officially as a naturalist and geologist to assist in the survey, but unofficially as a companion to the captain, Robert Fitz Roy.</p> <p>Darwin was a keen and intelligent observer, and made a number of discoveries on the journey, including the observations at the Galapagos Archipelago which eventually led him to his theory of evolution (later outlined in <i><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-darwin/the-origin-of-species">The Origin of Species</a></i>). His voyage across the Pacific also led him to propose a now largely-accepted theory of the formation of coral atolls.</p> @@ -56,9 +57,8 @@ en-GB https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/944 https://archive.org/details/voyageofbeagle0029char - Journal dates have been tagged throughout to make them computer-readable, but it should be noted that Darwin doesn’t follow a strictly chronological narrative, but rather a geographically-oriented narrative. This means that sometimes dates in the book skip back and forwards in time. - WORD_COUNT - READING_EASE + 198826 + 53.55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Beagle https://github.com/standardebooks/charles-darwin_the-voyage-of-the-beagle Charles Darwin @@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ pfr tyg wat + Alex Cabal + Cabal, Alex + https://alexcabal.com + pfr diff --git a/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml b/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml index 83ff52c..c25d8bc 100644 --- a/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml +++ b/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by
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