The naturalist Charles Darwin took voluminous notes during his journeys which have all now been digitised and put online by English Heritage
Many of them cover his time on HMS Beagle during which he made observations which would underpin his theory of evolution
Darwin was aboard the Beagle during her five-year survey voyage to South America and the Pacific
English Heritage has digitised and published online the remaining 14 Beagle notebooks
Darwin later wrote: "Let the collector's motto be 'Trust nothing to memory', for the memory becomes a fickle guardian when one interesting object is succeeded by another still more interesting."
But English Heritage are appealing for information about a missing notebook written during Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Islands
The notebook, described as "small, almost square, and bound in leather with a brass clasp" disappeared from Darwin's home, Down House, between 1976 and the mid-1980s
Darwin inscribed the cover of the notebook with the itinerary "Galapagos. Otaheite. Lima". If you have any information about its whereabouts contact English Heritage at darwinnotebook@english-heritage.org.uk
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