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27 December 1831
Plymouth, England
Charles Darwin, Aged 22, embarks on the HMS Beagle Voyage as the ships captain Assistant. -
Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations.
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"We have crossed the Equator and i have undergone the disagreeable of being shaved... the constable blindfolded me and thus lead along buckets of water were thundered all around.
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Darwin explores Brazilian rainforest for the first time.
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Darwin is intrigued by the giant fossils he sees.
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Captain Robert FitzRoy repatriates three native people he had brought to england on a previous Voyage.
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Darwin Explores the fertile lowland areas, known as Pampas , with the local people.
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Darwin finds the barren, windswept Falkland Islands 'desolate and wretched.'
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Darwin sees Mount Orsorno erupt while on the island of Chiloe and experiences the Earthquake in the woods near Valdiva
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Darwin discovers many types of species of plants and animals
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On survival in Sydney Cove, Darwin's first feeling was to congratulate himself that he was born an englishman.
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Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation.
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Darwin takes a long walk around a town in Mauritus
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Darwin is measuring ocean depth in south africa
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in the jungles of south america Darwin Discovers many different animal species.
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Darwin finally reaches home