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Charles Darwin was a British naturalist whose theory or evolution by natural selection became the basis of modern theories of evolution. Darwin shocked the Victorians by suggesting that humans and animals shared the same ancestry. The Origin of Species is his most famous work. Darwin was aboard the Beagle in the Indian Ocean when he formulated his theory about the formation of coral reefs. He also studied volcanoes on these voyages. Topics covered in this book include, St Jago in the Cape De Verde Archpelago, Fernando Noronha: Terciera, Tahiti etc, Ascension, St Helena, Galapagos Archpelago, Trachyte and Basalt - Distribution of Volcanic Isles, and Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope.