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Darwin realizes that he might create a book on the geology of the countries he visited
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Darwin and his men have crossed the equator and darwin refused the operation of being shaved, he was then blindfolded and placed on a plank
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Darwin explores brazilian rainforest for the first time
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Darwin is intrigued by the fossils, he observes that the animals were big and that the fossils were quite new.
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Captian FitzRoy repatriates 3 natives and trys to start christian mission that fails
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Darwin finds many species of plants, birds, and tortoises unique to the galapagos islands, but they seem to be related to the mainland species. He is surprised and impressed by the tortoises. They were so large that he climbed on top of one for a ride. from all the iguanas darwin observed the marine iguana was different, it was the only iguana that could swim in water. darwin was also surprised when he found out that what he though were birds were actually all finches.
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first believes that the islands are "desolate and wretched", but is later relieved when he cracks open some "primitive looking rocks" and finds fossils
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Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas known as "Pampas" with the people who live in the land known as "gauchos"
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Darwin sees mount osmo erupt and experiences the earthquake in the woods near valdivia. The earthquake affected him tremendously.
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darwin is curious why there is a totally different set of mammals in australia
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Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation.
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The first object that striked the eye of Darwin were the number of bullock wagons. He also mentions the great mass of horizontally stratified sandstone rises quite close behind the town to a height of 3,500 feet called table mountain
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in the jungles of south america, darwin discovers many incredible creatures