DARWIN: VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE⁠ ⁠ When Charles Darwin, grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, wanted to sail on HMS Beagle, his father, Robert, was unsure. It was Josiah Wedgwood II, Charles’s uncle, who wrote to Robert encouraging the voyage; a voyage that would shape the future. Working closely with Cambridge University Library, home of Darwin’s archive, Wedgwood’s design team has carefully curated original drawings from the voyage into a collection rich in history and expertly crafted in Stoke-on-Trent,

TREASURES OF DARWINS ARCHIVE⁠ ⁠ Stories of Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle were, in time, shared with his children and their imaginations ran wild… ⁠ ⁠ The puckish artworks of outlandish battles between fruit and veg decorating this mug were created by Charles Darwin’s children, with some of them appearing on the original manuscript of ‘Origin of Species’. ⁠ ⁠ Inside the mug, you will find an extract from the manuscript where the pencil drawings were first discovered. ⁠ ⁠ Discover the story and hi