Cambridge University Library In late 1833, with the HMS Beagle anchored in Montevideo and Charles Darwin hunting fossils ashore, a British landscape painter named Conrad Martens joined the crew.

The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship Beagle, during the years 1831-36, is one of the best known and most neatly mythologized episodes in the history of science.

St. Jago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is the first place Darwin disembarks on his Beagle voyage. "The geology of St. Jago," Darwin notes, "is very striking yet simple: a stream of lava formerly ...

Some of our most famous specimens were collected by Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy during the round-the-world voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836. Accepted on board as a gentlemanly ...

Expedition yacht La Pinta brings the iconic wildlife, natural wonders and ecological warnings of the Galapagos into view.

Upon his return to England in 1836, Darwin stayed busy, publishing scientific works on the geology of South America, the formation of coral reefs and the animals encountered during his Beagle ...

Charles Darwin recorded the rocks and fossils he collected on the Beagle Voyage in these notebooks.In these rather plain jotters Charles Darwin (1809-1882) recorded all the dry specimens that he ...

Chiloe in southern Chile may not have impressed Charles Darwin, but its poetically moody terrain forms the cornerstone of its most luxurious lodge.

An international group of scientists plan to recreate Charles Darwin’s five-year sea voyage around the world aboard a replica of the HMS Beagle. They plan to set sail from London in 2014.

The historic Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde has officially arrived in after exploring the sub-Antarctic island of South ...

Both behind the scenes and on display in the galleries, you’ll find many specimens collected by Charles Darwin on his five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Take a closer look at nine highlights from the ...

August 1835 (Voyage of the Beagle) (Darwin's Struggle with Faith) Docked off Lima, Peru, Darwin catches up on letters home. His cousin and close friend William Darwin Fox writes about the bliss of ...