Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

(From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. London, New York, and Melbourne : Ward, Lock and Co.; 1889. Fifth edition. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Octavo, lettered cloth, patterned endpapers (contemporary owner’s name to endpaper), pp. xx; 381; [blank], [2 – advertisements], [12] – advertisements); 16 plates, several text illustrations (including maps), index.

An account of the five years that English naturalist Charles Darwin spent traveling around the world on the HMS Beagle, a voyage that led him to develop his theory of the evolution of the species.

Not in Ferguson; Freeman 56. The biographical introduction is by the editor, G. T. Bettany