The Voyage of the Beagle

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Voyage of the Beagle</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> by Charles Darwin is a travel narrative based on his five-year journey aboard HMS </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Beagle</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (1831-1836). Darwin describes the landscapes plants animals and peoples he encountered in South America the Galápagos Islands and beyond recording observations that led him to question the fixity of species. The book traces how these experiences gradually shaped his ideas about natural variation and adaptation laying the groundwork for his later theory of evolution by natural selection.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>