Captain FitzRoy was the captain of the HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s famous voyage to the Galápagos, during which Darwin gathered the specimens that would come to influence his views on natural selection and evolution. Darwin was brought onto the expedition at just 22 as FitzRoy’s hired companion—a person who would offer company, conversation, and friendship during the voyage.
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Chapter 2: What Darwin Saw
...ship the Beagle four years earlier, at just 22, serving as a companion to ship’s Captain FitzRoy . Though Darwin would become famous for analysis of the finches on the island, he...
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