Voyage of the Beagle

The Beagle referred to in "e;The Voyage of the Beagle"e; is the HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on December 27th, 1831 under the command of captain Robert FitzRoy. Also known as Darwin's "e;Journal of Researches"e;, this book is an exquisite travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific journal in which Darwin makes many observations in the fields of biology, geology, and anthropology; observations that would later lay the groundwork for his theory of evolution by natural selection. A classic scientific work, "e;The Voyage of the Beagle"e; provides powerful insight into the observations that led Darwin to his groundbreaking theories.