Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle - Between the Years 1826 and 1836

Before Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805–65) had participated in a challenging survey of the South American coastline. Volume 1 of this three-volume work, published in 1839, describes that 1826–30 expedition, while Volumes 2 and 3 cover the second voyage.