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Charles Darwin/Second Voyage around the world, by
Luca Novelli
( In viaggio con Darwin )
First and Second Book - Fabbri/Rcs libri - Milan - Italy
On February 12, 2009 two hundred years have passed from
Darwin's birth and Darwin Day will be celebrated. It will be
a very important international event and scientists and
institutions in the different countries are already on work.
For this occasion Luca Novelli, the popular science
author, proposed the scientific community to repeat the
voyage Darwin did between December 1831 and October 1836, in
order to re-write - with the knowledges we have nowadays -"The voyage of the Beagle". |

This project, sponsored by WWF and ICOM (International
Council of Museums-Unesco),takes the author and a group of
scientists to visit the places Darwin visited two hundred
years ago, describing places of remarkable scientific and
naturalistic interest, but also full of symbols of peace and
environmental protection. |
In these books, Charles Darwin in first person tells this
new voyage around the world. Darwin doesn't travel anymore
on Beagle brigantine, but on modern ships, planes, trains,
rubber dinghies or fiberglass boats. He describes with
astonishment the innumerable novelties, together with the
description of woods, villages and people he meets, and
compares what he sees now with what he remembers and
described in his first book, "The voyage of the Beagle". The
result is a modern adventure, full of information,
anecdotes, historical characters and real people. The books
contain drawings and pictures
Luca Novelli collected during his voyage and
researches.
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In the appendix you'll find the list of National Parks
websites, protected areas and Natural History museums he
visited during the voyage. |

The editorial project: Charles Darwin - The
second voyage around the world
Three books, colour and B/W illustrations, 192-208 pages
1 - Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (publishing date: October
2006)
2 - Chile, Peru, Galapagos (publishing date: October
2007)
3 - Tahiti, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia (2008)
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The collection of the three books in one single book:
"Charles Darwin/The second voyage around the world".
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