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A NATURALIST’S VOYAGE
ROUND THE WORLD

First Edition May 1860
Second Edition May 1870
Third Edition February 1872
Fourth Edition July 1874
Fifth Edition March 1876
Sixth Edition January 1879
Seventh Edition May 1882
Eighth Edition February 1884
Ninth Edition August 1886
Tenth Edition January 1888
Eleventh Edition January 1890
Reprinted June 1913

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H.M.S. BEAGLE IN STRAITS OF MAGELLAN. MT SARMIENTO IN THE DISTANCE.

Journal of Researches
into the
Natural History & 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.

By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S.

AUTHOR OF ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES,’ ETC.

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A new edition with illustrations by R. T.Pritchett
of places visited and objects described.

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1913.

TO
CHARLES LYELL, ESQ., F.R.S.

This second edition is dedicated with gratefulpleasure, as an acknowledgment that the chief part of whateverscientific merit this journal and the other works of the author maypossess, has been derived from studying the well-known andadmirable

PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY.

PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION.

This work was described, on its first appearance, by a writer in theQuarterly Review as “One of the most interesting narratives ofvoyaging that it has fallen to our lot to take up, and one which must alwaysoccupy a distinguished place in the history of scientific navigation.”

This prophecy has been amply verified by experience; the extraordinaryminuteness and accuracy of Mr. Darwin’s observations, combined with thecharm and simplicity of his descriptions, have ensured the popularity of thisbook with all classes of readers—and that popularity has even increasedin recent years. No attempt, however, has hitherto been made to produce anillustrated edition of this valuable work: numberless places and objects arementioned and described, but the difficulty of obtaining authentic and originalrepresentations of them drawn for the purpose has never been overcome untilnow.

Most of the views given in this work are from sketches made on the spot by Mr.Pritchett, with Mr. Darwin’s book by his side. Some few of the others aretaken from engravings which Mr. Darwin had himself selected for their interestas illustrating his voyage, and which have been kindly lent by his son.

Mr. Pritchett’s name is well known in connection with the voyages of theSunbeam and Wanderer, and it is believed that the illustrations,which have been chosen a

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