May 22, 1826 saw Charles Darwin leaving on his first voyage. Aboard what ship was he sailing?
The Voyage of Charles Darwin The Voyage of Charles Darwin The Voyage of Charles Darwin was a 1978 BBC television serial depicting the life of Charles Darwin, focusing largely on his voyage on . The series encompasses his university days to the 1859 publication of his book "On the Origin of Species" and his death and is loosely based on Darwin's own letters, diaries, and journals, especially "The Voyage of the Beagle" and "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin". It starred Malcolm Stoddard as Darwin and Andrew Burt as Captain Robert FitzRoy. The barque was refitted to depict HMS "Beagle". The series was repeated in December
Charles Darwin in 1826. Early in the "Beagle" voyage, Darwin nearly lost his position on the ship when he criticised FitzRoy's defence and praise of slavery. He wrote home about "how steadily the general feeling, as shown at elections, has been rising against Slavery. What a proud thing for England if she is the first European nation which utterly abolishes it! I was told before leaving England that after living in slave countries all my opinions would be altered; the only alteration I am aware of is forming a much higher estimate of the negro character." Regarding Fuegians, he "could not have