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In Plymouth, England, a 22-year-old Charles Darwin goes on the HMS Beagle as the captain's assistant.
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Darwin makes his first observations at Cape Verde Islands.
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The HMS Beatle crosses the equator
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The HMS Beagle arrives in Salvador, Brazil, and Darwin goes and explores the rainforests, and he facinted with the expirence.
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Charles Darwin goes to Punta Alta and is fascinated by the fossils there.
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Captian Robert FitzRoy repatriated three native people, and he tries to convert them to Christianity, and he failed miserably.
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He finds the desolate and barren islands, and he finds fossils and where brachiopods. They were once abundant on Earth.
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Darwin goes to the Pampas with the local people (gauchos) where they enjoy independance.
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He sees Mount Urso erupt and experiences earthquakes which affected him.
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He finds many species of plants, birds, and tortoises, and he is interested in how they are similar to the mainland species. He finds that marine iguanas are distinctive because no other iguanas swam. Additionally, Darwin is stunned to learn that the many different birds he found at the islands were all finches.
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Darwin marvels about marsupials in Sydney Cove, and how they are different from other mammals in the world.
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He observed a plot of land covered with black lava smoothed over with coarse grass and bushes.
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He studied coral reefs to test his theory of atoll formation.
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He talks about Table Mountian- a great mass of horizontal sandstone which was 3,500 feet tall.
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In the jungles, he discovered many fascinated creatures. He was dismayed to find out there was an unscheduled detour.
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The HMS beagle finally arives back home.