The Voyage of the Beagle

By: Darwin, Charles

When the Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. It was to last five years and transform him from an amiable and somewhat aimless young man into a scientific celebrity. Even more vitally, it was to set in motion the intellectual currents that culminated in the arrival of The Origin of Species in Victorian drawing-rooms in 1859. His journal is vivid and immediate,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1727773284
• ISBN13: 9781727773286
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"