[Gutenberg 3704] • Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

**A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World**

*Complete Edition with Illustrations*

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

By Charles Darwin

The book is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were exploring and charting the whole world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than by date. Darwin's notes made during the voyage include comments illustrating his changing views at a time when he was developing his theory of evolution by natural selection and includes some suggestions of his ideas, particularly in the second edition of 1845.

**Chapters**

St. Jago -- Cape De Verd Islands

Rio De Janeiro.

Maldonado

Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca.

Bahia Blanca.

Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres.

Buenos Ayres to St. FE.

Banda Oriental and Patagonia.

Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands.

Tierra Del Fuego.

Strait of Magellan. -- Climate of the Southern Coasts.

Central Chile

Chiloe and Chonos Islands

Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake

Passage of the Cordillera

Northern Chile and Peru.

Galapagos Archipelago

Tahiti and New Zealand

Australia

Keeling Island: -- Coral Formations

Mauritius to England