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 a lifetime.
Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the Gossamer spider of P.
His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events.
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 a lifetime