The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection are hinted at in his notes and in the book (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 - Preface
04:47 - Chapter 2
01-1 - St. Jago and Cape De Verd Islands
28:25 - Chapter 3
01-2 - St. Jago and Cape De Verd Islands
19:15 - Chapter 4
02-1 - Rio de Janeiro
27:10 - Chapter 5
02-2 - Rio de Janeiro
28:30 - Chapter 6
03-1 - Maldonado
31:51 - Chapter 7
03-2 - Maldonado
29:46 - Chapter 8
04-1 - Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca
22:47 - Chapter 9
04-2 - Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca
23:23 - Chapter 10
05-1 - Bahia Blanca
32:15 - Chapter 11
05-2 - Bahia Blanca
31:31 - Chapter 12
06-1 - Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres
23:53 - Chapter 13
06-2 - Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres
24:53 - Chapter 14
07-1 - Buenos Ayres and St. Fe
22:15 - Chapter 15
07-2 - Buenos Ayres and St. Fe
21:59 - Chapter 16
08-1 - Banda Oriental and Patagonia
30:13 - Chapter 17
08-2 - Banda Oriental and Patagonia
32:41 - Chapter 18
08-3 - Banda Oriental and Patagonia
30:30 - Chapter 19
09-1 - Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands
30:29 - Chapter 20
09-2 - Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands
44:09 - Chapter 21
10-1 - Tierra del Fuego
30:04 - Chapter 22
10-2 - Tierra del Fuego
32:30 - Chapter 23
11-1 - Strait of Magellan and Climate of the Southern Coasts
29:46 - Chapter 24
11-2 - Strait of Magellan and Climate of the Southern Coasts
25:45 - Chapter 25
12-1 - Central Chile
23:58 - Chapter 26
12-2 - Central Chile
28:21 - Chapter 27
13-1 - Chiloe and Chonos Islands
19:24 - Chapter 28
13-2 - Chiloe and Chonos Islands
23:23 - Chapter 29
14-1 - Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake
26:09 - Chapter 30
14-2 - Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake
27:01 - Chapter 31
15-1 - Passage of the Cordillera
27:58 - Chapter 32
15-2 - Passage of the Cordillera
29:41 - Chapter 33
16-1 - Northern Chile and Peru
28:21 - Chapter 34
16-2 - Northern Chile and Peru
27:24 - Chapter 35
16-3 - Northern Chile and Peru
25:46 - Chapter 36
17-1 - Galapagos Archipelago
28:11 - Chapter 37
17-2 - Galapagos Archipelago
32:25 - Chapter 38
17-3 - Galapagos Archipelago
26:17 - Chapter 39
18-1 - Tahiti and New Zealand
22:58 - Chapter 40
18-2 - Tahiti and New Zealand
29:40 - Chapter 41
18-3 - Tahiti and New Zealand
26:02 - Chapter 42
19-1 - Australia
38:09 - Chapter 43
19-2 - Australia
31:00 - Chapter 44
20-1 - Keeling Island: Coral Formations
23:43 - Chapter 45
20-2 - Keeling Island: Coral Formations
26:50 - Chapter 46
20-3 - Keeling Island: Coral Formations
22:00 - Chapter 47
21-1 - Mauritius to England
29:08 - Chapter 48
21-2 - Mauritius to England
27:47