The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
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The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection are hinted at in his notes and in the book (Summary from Wikipedia) (21 hr 50 min)
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Fascinating
Chad
I would never have read this book in a million years if it wasn't an audiobook. It's a fascinating account of discovery and science in a different era to our modern times and values.Darwin and his Entourage were incredibly brave and suffered significant hardships in the pursuit of understanding and knowledge. These are not always the attributes I impress upon a man who I imagine sitting in the Royal Geographic Society in London with his books. the many readers of these chapters brought life and interest to this otherwise rather dry subject. I do recommend this book to anybody with an interest in history or natural sciences.
Russell
Wonderful text. Poor pronunciation by several readers was a little annoying but to hear the voice of a young Darwin made it well worth the time. In the absence of maps I found it useful to follow the text with an atlas and Google Earth.
Fascinating & unique
Bruce Drake
It’s remarkable to see Darwin’s use of what we see today as calm, independent and rational approaches to the mysteries he encountered. His eye for detail helps us see the world he lived in
Balloon Balloon
Mostly clear recording and good narration, other than the usual butchering of some technical terms. Some chapters though are very bad. A very interesting travelogue style narrative, not what I was expecting.
1830s travel log
J11
Great travel log from the 1830s, found it very entertaining to hear about a different time of sailing around the world, true exploration.
What a journey in time across 'down under' back again & beyond!
Suz D
Fascinating
Natalie Johnson
Very worthwhile. Some readers were not so good, but overall enjoyable.
well read
prusc
the readers were generally very good