it was in 1831 that Charles Darwin fresh from Cambridge at the age of 22 took up his post as the naturalist on H.M.S. Beagle. He sailed into History.

Beagle was a ten-gun Brig with orders from the Admiralty to set sail on a voyage of Surveying that would take it around the world.

For young Charles Darwin it was to be a great and exhilarating adventure.

It was to prove to be one of those fundamental times that literally would change the world, and humanities place in it.

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It was during the observations that Charles Darwin made on this journey. That shaped the ideas that were to become the Evolution and Origins of the Species.

This would release a storm and would revolutionise most of the beliefs hitherto held sacred.

If ever there was a “Small Step for Man”. It was this voyage. It took man out of the dark of superstition into the light of science and reason.

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In this vivid and colourful narrative of the voyage. Alan Moorehead  describes the scene through Darwin’s eyes.

We see how the idea that species were not created in their current form but gradually evolve and adapted to their environment takes hold in Darwin’s mind.

This brings him into conflict with Robert FitzRoy captain of the Beagle who held immovable believes in the creation story of the bible.

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This book is illustrated almost entirely with contemporary or near-contemporary illustrations in full colour and black and white.

Published in 1973. It measures approximately seven and a half inches by ten inches by three quarters of an inch.

Having 279 pages, including index. Dust Jacket, illustrated throughout, colour and B & W.

Condition is good for its age. Front piece detached.  Tag to top of dust jacket, inscribed with name. General age and handling damage to dust jacket.