{"title":"Darwin, Charles","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"darwin-coral-fringing-reefs-atolls-chuuk-hao-bora-bora-gambier-cocos-1895-map-p-6-112335","title":"Darwin—Coral fringing reefs \u0026 atolls—Chuuk–Hao–Bora Bora–Gambier–Cocos 1895 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eShewing the Resemblance in Form Between Barrier Coral-Reefs Surrounding Mountainous Islands, and Atolls or Lagoon-Islands: Vanikoro; Hogoleu, or Roug [Chuuk Lagoon]; Raiatea; Bow, or Heyou Atoll [Hao Atoll]; Bolabola [Bora Bora]; Maurua [Maupiti]; Pouynipète, or Seniavine [Pohnpei]; Gambier Islands; Peros Banhos Atoll; Keeling, or Cocos Atoll [Cocos (Keeling) Islands]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Darwin’s comparative plate sets ten island and atoll plans side by side: Vanikoro; Hogoleu (Chuuk); Raiatea; Bow or Heyou (Hao); Bolabola (Bora Bora); Maurua (Maupiti); Pouynipète (Pohnpei); the Gambier Islands; Peros Banhos; and Keeling or Cocos. Engraved by J. \u0026amp; C. Walker and outlined in original blue, it synthesises surveys by d’Urville, Duperrey, Beechey, Lütke, Moresby, Powell and FitzRoy. Their repeated ring forms make Darwin’s argument visible. He supplied the first comprehensive, testable explanation of how the principal reef types are related: as a volcanic island slowly subsides, coral continues growing upward in shallow water, transforming a fringing reef into a barrier reef and ultimately, after the central island disappears, an atoll. First published in 1842 in Darwin’s The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs—one of the foundational works of modern reef geology—this is a later 1895 printing retaining its delicate colour.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896241447259,"sku":"P-6-112335","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112335a.jpg?v=1787833516"},{"product_id":"chagos-archipelago-new-caledonia-maldives-coral-reefs-charles-darwin-1895-map-p-6-112336","title":"Chagos Archipelago, New Caledonia \u0026 Maldives—Coral Reefs—Charles Darwin 1895 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eGreat Chagos Bank; Menchicoff Atoll [Kwajalein Atoll]; Mahlos Mahdoo Atoll [Maalhosmadulu Atolls]; Horsburgh Atoll [Goidhoo Atoll]; New Caledonia; Maldiva Archipelago [Maldives]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Darwin’s comparative plate brings together the Great Chagos Bank and a section across it; Menchicoff Atoll (Kwajalein); Mahlos Mahdoo (Maalhosmadulu) with Horsburgh Atoll (Goidhoo); New Caledonia; and the Maldiva Archipelago. Compiled principally from hydrographic surveys by Captain Robert Moresby and Lieutenant F. T. Powell, with material from Krusenstern’s atlas and Captain Hagemeister, it records soundings, submerged banks and sharply contrasting reef forms. These were evidence, not simply geographical illustrations. Darwin supplied the first comprehensive, testable explanation of how coral islands developed: reef-building corals remain near the sunlit surface while their volcanic foundations slowly subside, so fringing reefs become separated from the land as barrier reefs and ultimately survive as ring-shaped atolls after the central island disappears. First published in 1842 in The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs—one of the foundational works of modern reef geology—this is a later 1895 printing, engraved by J. \u0026amp; C. 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Darwin adapted an 1835 base map by C. Gressier, translated its names, converted longitude to Greenwich and overlaid evidence assembled from Admiralty charts, voyages and correspondence. The result was integral to a major scientific argument. Darwin supplied the first comprehensive, testable explanation of how fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls were successive stages in one process: coral grows upward near the surface while volcanic islands and the surrounding ocean floor slowly subside, leaving ring-shaped reefs after the central land has disappeared. The map uses global distribution to connect reef form with crustal movement, making an invisible geological history legible at a glance. First published in 1842 in The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, a foundational work of modern reef geology and biogeography, this is a later 1895 printing engraved by J. \u0026amp; C. 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