While On the Origin of Species is generally said to be Darwin’s most influential work, his The Voyage of the Beagle is likely his most approachable work for the general reader. And why wouldn’t it be? After all, first-person travelogues make for exciting reading, combining both the narrative of the adventure with the author’s running commentary upon it.
However for those who might not have any existing impressions of the people, places, plants, and animals Darwin encountered during his famous voyage, one more thing would be helpful to make this fascinating book even ore accessible: illustrations. Which is why the recent publication of The Voyage of the Beagle; The Illustrated Edition of Charles Darwin’s Travel Memoir and Field Journal by Zenith Press may be just the thing to entice even more people to take up reading this remarkable chronicle of adventure and discovery.
