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FitzRoy : the remarkable story of Darwin's captain and the invention of the weather forecast
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- Creator
- John and Mary Gribbin
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2004
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- xii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780300103618, 0300103611
- OCLC
- ocm56210701
- First published in United Kingdom in 2003 by Review.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index.
- A very British hero -- Before the Beagle -- First command -- Interlude in England -- FitzRoy's passenger -- The Darwin voyage -- The happy return -- Difficulties down under -- Unrequited hopes -- Prophet without honor