In The Voyage of the Beagle, read about the journey that led one of the most important naturalists that ever lived to develop one of the most important scientific theories in modern history. Follow a young Charles Darwin on his adventures around South America and in the Pacific on the HMS Beagle as he searches for clues in rocks, fossils, animals and plants that will ultimately lead him to develop the theory of evolution via natural selection. Join him as he rides with the gauchos of South America, treks through the jungles of the Amazon and sails among the reefs of the Polynesian Islands.