Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle

This work was described, on its first appearance, by a writer in the Quarterly Review as "One of the most interesting narratives of voyaging that it has fallen to our lot to take up, and one which must always occupy a distinguished place in the history of scientific navigation. This prophecy has been amply verified by experience; the extraordinary minuteness and accuracy of Mr. Darwin's observati...