Some of our most famous specimens were collected by Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy during the round-the-world voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836. Accepted on board as a gentlemanly ...

For example, one of the first ones was used by Captain Cook, and when Cook made ... But this one is famous, because in 1831 it was issued to 'HMS Beagle', the ship which carried Charles Darwin ...

By the time he was serendipitously invited to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoy on a voyage of the HMS Beagle, Darwin had become an astute and insatiable scientist, primed for significant discoveries.

Charles Darwin travelled aboard the HMS Beagle. He collected specimens that inspired his theory of Natural Selection.This carved sperm whale's tooth, or scrimshaw, was made on the HMS Beagle.

For example, one of the first ones was used by Captain Cook, and when Cook made ... But this one is famous, because in 1831 it was issued to 'HMS Beagle', the ship which carried Charles Darwin ...