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Plymouth, England
The 22 year old Charles Darwin starts his voyage on this day as an assistant with Captain Robert FitzRoy. -
Cape Verdes island
Darwin was very elated on his first observations. On this day he found his love for geology and he also explored a volcanic island. -
Brazil
Darwin explores the Brazilian rainforest. -
Crossing the equator
Darwin and his Captain crossed the equator on this date and they faced a lot of challenges goin throughout this journey thus far. -
Fossils in Argentina
Darwin discovers fossils in Punta Alta, Argentina. -
Tierra del Fuego
One of the goals on this voyage was to inaugurate a Christian Mission. FitzRoy seeked to spread Christianity but sadly he failed. FitzRoy also sent back 3 natives that he brought from London on his voyage. -
Falkland Islands
Darwin founded the windswept, Falkland Islands. On this day, he finds some abundant rocks and turns out to be fossils. He cracks them open and learns that the island is filled with brachiopods.( 2 shelled animals ) -
Rio Negro, Argentina
Throughout his voyage, on this day he go across the lowland areas(pampas) with local people called "gauchos" -
Chile
Charles sees mount osorno erupt and then he experiences and earthquake which the aftermath did effect him badly -
Galapagos Island
Darwin finds unique birds, tortoise, and plants on this mysterious island. Turns out he liked the tortoise and was very fascinated . -
Australia
Darwin came here and wondered why there's a completely different set of mammals in Australia. He finds other species as well. -
Cocos island
Charles studied coral reefs and wanted to test his theory of atolls formation. -
Maturitius
Charles observes lots of things on this day. He observes that the plains are uncultivated and a field consisting black lava. Which was the greater part of mimosas -
South Africa
In Cape Town, South Africa, Charles is amused of what he observes. He observed the mountains that stood at such great height known as the "Table Mountains" -
South America
Darwin discovers much more on his voyage. He observed many incredible creatures. In fact, there was a little detour on his route of him being sick, so he made additional longitudinal measurements -
Home!!!
Charles Darwin made it back to his home after a long, beautiful, adventurous voyage.