The Voyage of Charles Darwin — Season 1, Episode 5: I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of That Great Fact – That Mystery of Mysteries

Episode synopsis

After finding fossilized sea shells high in the Andes, Darwin returns to the Beagle to find FitzRoy suffering from depression. While in Valparaíso, Darwin experiences earthquakes and their devastating effects. After FitzRoy's recovery, the Beagle travels to the Galápagos Islands where Darwin finds startling revelations.

About The Voyage of Charles Darwin

This seven-part BBC drama series traced the life of naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-82), from his university days through his five-year exploratory voyage on the HMS Beagle to the controversy surrounding the 1859 publication of his landmark "On the Origin of Species".

More episodes from Season 1

• E1I Was Considered A Very Ordinary Boy
• E2My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight
• E3How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man
• E4Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste?
• E6Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branches of a Tree – The Tree of Life
• E7In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown Upon the Origin of Man, and His History