Cruise West BlogErasmus! Who is Erasmus Darwin?May 14, 2010 at 2:23 PM by Site"Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and nurs'd in ocean's pearly caves; First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or pierce the watery mass; These, as successive generations bloom, New powers acquire and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin and feet and wing." Erasmus Darwin. The Temple of Nature. 1802. When you think of the Galapagos, Charles Darwin and his publication “On the Origin of Species” may come to mind. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos in the 1830’s and published his controversial and insightful book in 1859. However, when you read his grandfather’s work above, you see that natural selection or evolution was a long standing train of thought in the family. Erasmus passed away almost seven years before Charles was born. To plan your trip to the Galapagos click here! Tags: Galapagos
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