Author(s): Alan Moorehead

General and Popular Science | Maritime, Aviation | Travel, Guides, Exploration, Walking, Adventure, Atlases

An account of Darwin's five-year expedition, as a naturalist on board HMS Beagle, illustrated from contemporary sources. Chronicles the voyage of Darwin beginning 1831 when he set off from the Port of Plymouth on Robert FitzRoy's ship, the HMS Beagle which circumnavigated around the world. Darwin's records on this voyage served to form the basis for theories in the Origin of Species.

Good condition. Pages, cover - intact and sound. Tanning on front and back pages and on page edges. Cover has some scuffing marks and bumping wear at edges.