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Tony
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The chapter on New Zealand is a festival of Darwin's judgement towards the Maori. He contrasts them, to their detriment, to the Tahitians. He's very judgemental about their tattoos, which again contrasts with the complimentary description of Tahitian tattoos. He seems to dislike the country as a whole, although - to be slightly fair - he's down on a lot of the English settlers too.
— Mar 30, 2025 05:00AM
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Tony
is on page 356 of 450
Darwin's theory of Atoll Creation. It's fascinating how close he is to a theory of plate tectonics. Close, but not quite there. A little research suggests an alternative theory for Atoll Creation that isn't madly different and requires subduction to work.
— Mar 30, 2025 06:55AM
Tony
is on page 305 of 450
Read the sections of the Galapagos Islands and Tahiti. Lots of small birds being killed and tortoises. Darwin can't see an animal without cutting it open and/or eating it. Lol.
— Mar 30, 2025 04:00AM
Tony
is on page 268 of 450
I feel like I've been reading this forever. But I've only been doing so in chunks so that's probably why. This is an abridged version of the full Journal, but I feel it could do with a lot more notes. Indeed I think what you really want is a version of this book filled with notes, illustrations, photographs and contemporary biologists/geologists commenting on his theorising with the most up to date science.
— Mar 29, 2025 02:05PM
