Great opportunity -- Ships for surveying -- Refitting at Plymouth -- Ready to sail -- Captain and crew -- Life on board -- Navigation -- Exploring the rainforest -- Finding fossils -- Land of ice and fire -- Cowboys and missionaries -- Earthquake and land rising -- Turtle Islands -- Island queen -- New Zealand and Australia -- Homeward bound -- How, why, when? -- Apes and humans -- Evolution -- Timeline of the voyage -- Darwin's life and works.
Summary
Presents the life of Charles Darwin and an account of his five-year voyage on the Beagle, discussing his observations of plant and animal life around the world and eventual publication of the theory of Natural Selection and evolution.