Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Earth / The Voyage of the Beagle / Braille

The Voyage of the Beagle ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

1,225,505 braille cells · 1,295 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,272 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠠⠃⠗⠁⠉⠓⠑⠇⠽⠞⠗⠁⠂⠀⠋⠊⠋⠞⠑⠑⠝⠀⠠⠗⠓⠽⠝⠉⠕⠏⠓⠕⠗⠁⠂⠀⠀⠁⠝⠙
⠀⠋⠕⠥⠗⠞⠑⠑⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠉⠓⠗⠽⠎⠕⠍⠑⠇⠊⠙⠁⠑⠲⠀⠀
⠠⠞⠓⠊⠗⠞⠽⠤⠎⠑⠧⠑⠝⠀⠎⠏⠑⠉⠊⠑⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠁⠗⠁⠉⠓⠝⠊⠙⠁⠑⠂⠀⠀
⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠠⠊⠀⠃⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠀⠓⠕⠍⠑⠂⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠃⠑⠀
⠎⠥⠋⠋⠊⠉⠊⠑⠝⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠏⠗⠕⠧⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠠⠊⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀
⠏⠁⠽⠊⠝⠛⠀⠀⠕⠧⠑⠗⠍⠥⠉⠓⠀⠁⠞⠞⠑⠝⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠛⠑⠝⠑⠗⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠋⠁⠧⠕⠥⠗⠑⠙⠀⠕⠗⠙⠑⠗⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠉⠕⠇⠑⠕⠏⠞⠑⠗⠁⠲
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⠓⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀⠠⠠⠍⠎⠲⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠃⠗⠊⠞⠊⠎⠓⠀
⠠⠍⠥⠎⠑⠥⠍⠀⠃⠽⠀⠠⠍⠗⠲⠀⠠⠁⠃⠃⠕⠞⠞⠂⠀⠺⠓⠕⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠀
⠕⠃⠎⠑⠗⠧⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠛⠑⠕⠗⠛⠊⠁⠆⠀⠎⠑⠑⠀⠠⠍⠗⠲⠀⠠⠁⠲⠀
⠠⠺⠓⠊⠞⠑⠄⠎⠀⠏⠁⠏⠑⠗⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠁⠝⠝⠁⠇⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠀⠠⠝⠁⠞⠲⠀
⠠⠓⠊⠎⠞⠲⠂⠀⠧⠕⠇⠲⠀⠧⠊⠊⠲⠀⠏⠲⠀⠼⠙⠛⠃⠲⠀⠠⠇⠊⠑⠥⠞⠲⠀
⠠⠓⠥⠞⠞⠕⠝⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠙⠑⠎⠉⠗⠊⠃⠑⠙⠀⠁⠀⠎⠏⠓⠑⠭⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠀
⠎⠊⠍⠊⠇⠁⠗⠀⠓⠁⠃⠊⠞⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠊⠝⠙⠊⠁⠂⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠠⠚⠕⠥⠗⠝⠁⠇⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠁⠎⠊⠁⠞⠊⠉⠀⠠⠎⠕⠉⠊⠑⠞⠽⠂⠀⠧⠕⠇⠲⠀
⠊⠲⠀⠏⠲⠀⠼⠑⠑⠑⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⠊⠀⠠⠙⠕⠝⠀⠠⠋⠑⠇⠊⠭⠀⠠⠁⠵⠁⠗⠁⠀
⠶⠧⠕⠇⠲⠀⠊⠲⠀⠏⠲⠀⠼⠁⠛⠑⠶⠂⠀⠍⠑⠝⠞⠊⠕⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠀
⠓⠽⠍⠑⠝⠕⠏⠞⠑⠗⠕⠥⠎⠀⠀⠊⠝⠎⠑⠉⠞⠂⠀⠏⠗⠕⠃⠁⠃⠇⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠁⠍⠑⠀⠛⠑⠝⠥⠎⠂⠀⠎⠁⠽⠎⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠺⠀⠊⠞⠀⠙⠗⠁⠛⠛⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠀
⠙⠑⠁⠙⠀⠀⠎⠏⠊⠙⠑⠗⠀⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠞⠁⠇⠇⠀⠛⠗⠁⠎⠎⠂⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀
⠎⠞⠗⠁⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠇⠊⠝⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠝⠑⠎⠞⠂⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠀
⠕⠝⠑⠀⠓⠥⠝⠙⠗⠑⠙⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠊⠭⠞⠽⠤⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑⠀⠏⠁⠉⠑⠎⠀
⠙⠊⠎⠞⠁⠝⠞⠲⠀⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠁⠙⠙⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠁⠎⠏⠂⠀⠊⠝⠀⠀
⠕⠗⠙⠑⠗⠀⠞⠕⠀⠋⠊⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠗⠕⠁⠙⠂⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠝⠕⠺⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠝⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠙⠑⠍⠊⠤⠞⠕⠥⠗⠎⠀⠙⠄⠑⠝⠧⠊⠗⠕⠝⠀⠀⠞⠗⠕⠊⠎⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.