1828 - brilliant young naval officer robert fitzroy is given the captaincy of hms, surveying the wilds of tierra del fuego, aged just twenty-three. He takes a passenger: a young trainee cleric and amateur geologist named...1828 - brilliant young naval officer robert fitzroy is given the captaincy of hms, surveying the wilds of tierra del fuego, aged just twenty-three. He takes a passenger: a young trainee cleric and amateur geologist named Charles Darwin.