The Voyage of the Beagle

In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin began to formulate the theories of evolution and natural selection realized in his master work, The Origin of Species. Travel memoir and scientific primer alike, The Voyage of the Beagle is a lively and accessible introduction to the mind of one of history's most influential thinkers.

查尔斯·达尔文（Charles Darwin，1809—1882）

英国生物学家，进化论的奠基人。1831年12月，达尔文乘小猎犬号（又称贝格尔号）军舰进行了历时五年的环球航行。此次航行及其航海日志《小猎犬号航海记》，为达尔文写下具有划时代意义的巨著《物种起源》打下了坚实的基础。《物种起源》中提出的“生物进化论”观点使当时生物学各领域的概念和观念发生剧变，被恩格斯称为“19世纪自然科学的三大发现之一”。