When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. This title reprints his journal, in a shortened form, that shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events.

• THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
• PREFACE
• THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
• CHAPTER I — ST. JAGO—CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS
• CHAPTER II — RIO DE JANEIRO
• CHAPTER III — MALDONADO
• CHAPTER IV — RIO NEGRO TO BAHIA BLANCA
• CHAPTER V — BAHIA BLANCA
• CHAPTER VI — BAHIA BLANCA TO BUENOS AYRES
• CHAPTER VII — BUENOS AYRES AND ST. FE
• CHAPTER VIII — BANDA ORIENTAL AND PATAGONIA
• CHAPTER IX — SANTA CRUZ, PATAGONIA, AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
• CHAPTER X — TIERRA DEL FUEGO
• CHAPTER XI — STRAIT OF MAGELLAN.—CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS
• CHAPTER XII — CENTRAL CHILE
• CHAPTER XIII — CHILOE AND CHONOS ISLANDS
• CHAPTER XIV — CHILOE AND CONCEPCION: GREAT EARTHQUAKE
• CHAPTER XV — PASSAGE OF THE CORDILLERA
• CHAPTER XVI — NORTHERN CHILE AND PERU
• CHAPTER XVII — GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
• CHAPTER XVIII — TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND
• CHAPTER XIX — AUSTRALIA
• CHAPTER XX — KEELING ISLAND: CORAL FORMATIONS
• CHAPTER XXI — MAURITIUS TO ENGLAND
• FOOTNOTES
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE