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Charles Darwin's account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species

When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of... Read Full Overview

Enjoy the best-selling memoir of Charles Darwin's journey of discovery aboard the HMS Beagle --now fully illustrated for the first time. The Voyage of the Beagle is Darwin's fascinating account of his groundbreaking sea voyage that led to his writing On the Origin of Species... Read Full Overview

Charles Darwin joined HMS Beagle when he was just 22 at the request of Captain FitzRoy, who wanted to have a naturalist on board. The ship set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 and returned nearly five years later on 2 October 1836. The journey took Darwin from... Read Full Overview

Charles Darwin's classic journal and remarks chronicling his voyage around the world on the H.M.S. Beagle, on which he journeyed to the Galapagos Islands. Darwin observed wildlife and collected samples during the voyage. His findings led to his development of the theory of evolution... Read Full Overview

The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

As important as The Voyage of the Beagle is to the information of the genesis of Darwin's idea of evolution and of an appreciation of his personal struggle for self-discovery, the book's maximum considerable thing is the... Read Full Overview

In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling... Read Full Overview

Also known as Charles Darwin's "Journal of Researches," "The Voyage of the Beagle" is an exquisite travel memoir, a detailed scientific journal, and the foundation for one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 19th century. It is the account of Darwin's time... Read Full Overview

This volume, originally published between 1840 and 1842, represents the fourth installment of the seminal Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. It provides a detailed ichthyological account of the fish specimens collected by Charles Darwin during his world-changing circumnavigation... Read Full Overview

This is Charles Darwin's classic firsthand account of the five-year expedition (1831-1836) aboard H.M.S. Beagle. Originally published in 1839 as Journal and Remarks, it is one of the most influential travel memoirs and scientific field journals ever written.

This volume, originally published between 1840 and 1842, represents the fourth installment of the seminal Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. It provides a detailed ichthyological account of the fish specimens collected by Charles Darwin during his world-changing circumnavigation... Read Full Overview

"The Voyage of the Beagle," first published in 1839, is Charles Darwin's detailed account of his five-year journey aboard the HMS Beagle. The book chronicles Darwin's observations of geology, flora, fauna, and indigenous cultures as he traveled to regions including South America,... Read Full Overview

Darwin?s travels around the world as an independent naturalist on ?H.M.S. Beagle? between 1831 and 1836 impressed upon him a sense of the natural world?s beauty and sublimity which language could barely capture. 'Words?, he said, 'were inadequate to convey to those who have not... Read Full Overview