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Charles Darwin joins the HMS Beagle as the ships naturalist.
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Charles first observations excite him, which then gives him the thought of writing a book about them.
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Charles is shaved. He is blindfolded and placed on the plank saying the whole ship is a shower bath.
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Charles sees a tropical forest for the first time, he is enraptured by the beauty of the forest and the different vegetation.
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Darwin finds a giant fossil.
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Captain Robert FitzRoy repatriates three native people who were previously brought to England. He attempts to start a Christian mission, but it fails.
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Darwin finds primitive rocks and fossils. The Falklands were abundant with brachiopods.
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Darwin explores the Pampas with the guachos.
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(The date is from January-February) Charles sees Mount Osorno erupt and experiences an earthquake. He reflects on the damage done by the earthquake.
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(The date is between September-October) Darwin finds many species unique to the Galapagos Islands such as, plants, birds, and tortoises. He also finds many strange species such as the marine iguana. He also discovers that the birds he was observing that he thought came from different species, were actually all Finches.
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Charles questions why the mammals in Australia are completely different.
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Darwin studies the coral reefs to test his theory of atoll formation.
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Darwin observes that the plain is uncultivated, is a field of black lava with coarse grass and bushes and the greater part is mimosas.
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Darwin observes the amount of bullock wagons and the sandstone height of 3,500 feet.
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Darwin finds many interesting creatures in the jungle, but he is home and seasick.
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Charles Darwin and all of the other 73 people on the ship finally return home.
