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Darwin's Journeys: The Making of a Naturalist
Darwin’s five-year voyage around the world, from 1831 to 1836, was a coming-of-age journey that changed him forever, both personally and professionally. On board HMS Beagle, he found his true calling in the study of nature and embarked on a life-long dialogue with its “endless forms most beautiful.”
This section opens a window onto Darwin’s personal journey as a naturalist as well as his meticulous gathering and recording of scientific data—during and after the Beagle voyage. The books and letters provide examples of his wide-ranging observations, musings, questions, and experiments, revealing how he accumulated astounding amounts of evidence to support his complex ideas and theories.
1_medium.jpg "Darwin to Whitley, 9 Sept. 1831")
1_medium.jpg "Darwin to Lyell, 2 Sept. 1849")
