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Darwin plans a trip to the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa.
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Darwin explores the volcanic island of St. Jago, which is only 450 miles off the coast of Africa.
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Darwin uncovers multiple fossils. Among those is the ground sloth and the glyptodon.
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Darwin explores the fertile, lowland areas, known as the Pampas, with the local people or 'gauchos.'
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Darwin finds many species of plants, birds and tortoises unique to the Galapagos Islands but they seem mysteriously related to the mainland species.
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Darwin saw all the different variety of marsupials and began to wonder why there is a completely different set of mammals in Australia.
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Darwin studied coral reefs that were growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation.
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Darwin and Captain FitzRoy reached the end of their voyage on the Beagle and have returned home to England to share their discoveries and theories.
