Page from Conrad Martens’s sketchbooks (1833–35), from his time on board the HMS Beagle (courtesy Cambridge University Library) Yet the sketchbooks aren’t just about Darwin; Martens was an adventurous ...

A few days afterward, on September 22, 1832, Darwin and Fitzroy took a small boat to visit a site called Punta Alta, ten miles from their anchor­age, where they found some rocky outcrops overlooking ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. On Sept. 12, 2021, French documentary maker Victor Rault set sail from Plymouth, England, aboard his sailing ship, the Captain Darwin. His goal is ...

A team of tall-ship operators are about to embark on a recreation of Charles Darwin's famous voyage of discovery, which led directly to the development of the theory of evolution. A group of ...

Before he became the calm, bearded icon of science, Charles Darwin was a miserable, seasick 22-year-old just trying to survive a voyage he almost didn't take. Charles Darwin's five-year voyage on the ...

The first episode visits Tenerife of Canary Islands and Cape Verde while crossing the Atlantic ocean to Salvador da Bahia in South America. The narration is interlaced with quotes read from Darwin’s ...

The origin & design of HMS Beagle -- Robert FitzRoy : 'evolution's captain' -- FitzRoy's officers and crew -- Charles Darwin : naturalist & companion -- The art of surveying the sea -- Earle & Martens ...

A microscope slide from Charles Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage has sold at auction for three times its estimate – after being found in a cardboard box. The slide which Darwin used to examine volcanic rock ...

Beagle: In Darwin’s Wake is a commemoration of 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s book “On The Origin of Species”. Almost 180 years after Charles Darwin’s journey circumnavigating the ...