The Voyage of the Beagle is Charles Darwin's travel journal from his five-year expedition aboard HMS Beagle. It records his observations in natural history and geology across South America, the Pacific, and beyond. Listeners can enjoy a classic of scientific travel writing that shaped Darwin's later work.
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Opening of the book
THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
By Charles Darwin
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty. As I feel that the opportunities which I enjoyed of studying the Natural History of the different countries we visited, have been wholly due to Captain Fitz Roy, I hope
I may here be permitted to repeat my expression of gratitude to him;
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