TY - BOOK AU - Darwin,Charles TI - The voyage of the Beagle: journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world SN - 0375756809 (trade pbk.) AV - QH11 .D2 2001 U1 - 508.8 DA.V 2001 21 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Modern Library KW - Beagle Expedition KW - (1831-1836) KW - Natural history KW - Geology KW - Voyages around the world KW - History KW - 19th century KW - South America KW - Description and travel N1 - Originally published: New York : P.F. Collier & Son, 1909 N2 - 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 through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin began to formulate the theories of evolution and natural selection realized in his master work, The Origin of Species. Travel memoir and scientific primer alike, The Voyage of the Beagle is a lively and accessible introduction to the mind of one of history's most influential thinkers ER -