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,