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''The Voyage of the Beagle'' is the title most commonly given to reissues of the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his ''Journal and Remarks'', bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of ''The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle'', and covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS ''Beagle'', which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N.. Due to the popularity of Darwin's account, the publisher reissued it later in 1839 as Darwin's ''Journal of Researches'', and the revised second edition published in 1845 used this title. A republication of the book in 1905 introduced the title ''The Voyage of the "Beagle"''. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five—the ''Beagle'' did not return until 2 October 1836. Darwin spent most of this time exploring on land (three years and three months on land; 18 months at sea). The book 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 exploring and charting the whole 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 by date. Darwin's notes made during the voyage include comments illustrating his changing views at a time when he was developing his theory of evolution by natural selection and includes some suggestions of his ideas, particularly in the second edition of 1845. ==Publication of FitzRoy's narrative and Darwin's book== Darwin was invited by FitzRoy to contribute the natural history section to the captain's account of the Beagle's voyage, and using his field notes and the journal which he had been sending home for his family to read, completed this section by September 1837. FitzRoy had to edit the notes of the previous captain of the Beagle, as well as write his own account of the voyage and the previous expeditions of two ships. The account was completed and published in May 1839 as the ''Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle'' in four volumes. Volume one covers the first voyage under Commander Phillip Parker King, volume two is FitzRoy's account of the second voyage. Darwin's ''Journal and Remarks, 1832—1835'' forms the third volume, and the fourth volume was a lengthy appendix. FitzRoy's account includes ''Remarks with reference to the Deluge'' in which he recanted his earlier interest in the geological writings of Charles Lyell and his remarks to Darwin during the expedition that sedimentary features they saw "could never have been effected by a forty days' flood", asserting his renewed commitment to a literal reading of the Bible.〔''(A very few Remarks with reference to the Deluge. )'', CHAPTER XXVIII of – See also Robert FitzRoy#HMS Beagle's second voyage.〕 He had married on the ship's return, and his wife was very religious. Darwin's contribution proved remarkably popular and the publisher, Henry Colburn of London, took it upon himself to reissue Darwin's text in August with a new title page as ''Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle'' apparently without seeking Darwin's permission or paying him a fee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Voyage of the Beagle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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