darwin's obserbations By zapo13 Dec 27, 1831 Plymouth, England Charles, Darwin, aged 22 embarks on the HMS, beagle as the ship assistant. Jan 1, 1832 cape verde islands dawin is exhilarated b his firsts observatins.´´ it the first dawned o me that i might perhaps write a book o the geology of the varis countrys visited´´.