The Voyage of the Beagle: The Illustrated Edition of Charles Darwin’s Travel Memoir and Field Journal

Charles Darwin’s nearly five-year journey aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, which he began at the age of twenty-two in December 1831 and ended in October 1836, was a formative and critical period in the young naturalist’s life and career.

This account of his voyage around the world, which he published on his return, solidified his professional reputation in the scientific community and served as the inspiration for his most famous and controversial book, On the Origin of Species, which today stands as the unifying concept of the life sciences.

This edition is the first fully illustrated version ever published and features over 350 historical and modern illustrations, photographs, and maps of the people, places, and species Darwin wrote about during the expedition. In addition, it includes select passages from On the Origin of Species and other period writing, which support the main text and combine to create the definitive illustrated edition of one of the most important sailing explorations in history.