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On December 27, 1831 in Plymouth England , Charles Darwin age 22 embarks on the HMS beagle voyage as the ship captain's assistant.
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Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations.
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Darwin and the crew cross the equator and have undergone the experience of being shaved. He describes it as a "shower bath."
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Darwin explores Brazilian rainforesets for the first time.
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Darwin in intrigued by the giant fossils he sees !
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Captain Roberts Filtz Roy, repatriates three native people he had bought to England on a previous voyage.
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Darwin finds the islands disolate and wretched. But he cheers up when he finds remains and fossils.Falklands were full of brachiopods, the most abumdant organisms on Earth.
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Darwin explores the lowland islands known as pampus. With the local people . There is high employment along the independence of Gaucho life.
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Darwin sees Mount Osomo errupt while on the island of Chiloe. And experiences the earthquake in the woods
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Darwin finds many species of plants, birds, and tortoises unique to the galapagos islands. But they mysteriously seem related to mainland species. He was so amused by the immense tortoises . They were very large.
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On arrival in Sydney Cove, Darwins first thought was to congratulate himself.
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Darwin studies coral reefs growing around the islands to test his theory about atoll information. He was very proud he had visited those three islands
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The first thing in Cape Town that strikes Darwins eye is the number of bullock wagons,
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He took a quiet walk along the sea consisting of black lava smoothed over with green grass and bushes. The greater part of which are mimosas.
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Darwin discovers many creatures. However homesick, and seasick, he is dismayed when the beagle makes additional measures.
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Darwin finally reached home.
