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Journal from Darwin's ship HMS Beagle sells for nearly 100,000 pounds

A journal from HMS Beagle, the ship that scientist Charles Darwin voyaged on, has sold for 97,250 pounds.

The ship was the vessel that Darwin used during some of his most important journeys that helped him form his ideas on evolution.

The journal was kept by a commanding officer on the ship, detailing the end of its first hydrographic surveying voyage to Patagonia in South America.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)