Darwin's observation

By princessharrison200

  • Plymouth, England

    Plymouth, England
    Charles Darwin embarks on the HMS Beagle voyage as the ship captains assistant.

  • Cape Verde Island

    Cape Verde Island
    Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations.

  • Crossing the Equator

    Crossing the Equator
    "The disagreeable practice alluded to has been permitted in most ships because sanctioned by time and though many condemn it as an absurd and dangerous piece of folly, it has also many advocates" - Captain FitzRoy

  • Salvador, Brazil

    Salvador, Brazil
    Darwin explores Brazilian rain forests for the first time.

  • Punta Alta, Argentina

    Punta Alta, Argentina
    Darwin is intrigued by the giant fossils he sees.

  • Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

    Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
    Captain Robert FitzRoy repatriates three native people he had brought to England on a previous voyage, he attempts to start a Christian mission, which fails disastrously.

  • Falkland Islands

    Falkland Islands
    Darwin finds the barren, windswept Falkland Island desolate and wretched, but he perks up when he cracks open some primitive looking rocks and finds fossils.

  • Rio Negro, Argentina

    Rio Negro, Argentina
    Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas, known as pampas, with the local people or "gauchos".

  • Chiloe island, Chile

    Chiloe island, Chile
    Darwin sees Mount Osorno erupt while one the island of Chiloe and experiences the earthquake in the woods near Valdivia.

  • Galapagos Islands

    Galapagos Islands
    Darwin finds many species of plants birds and tortoises unique to the Galapagos Islands, but they seem mysteriously related to mainland species.

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia
    arriving in Sydney Cove, Darwin's first feeling was to congratulate himself that he was born an Englishman.

  • Cocos Island (keeling Islands)

    Cocos Island (keeling Islands)
    Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation.

  • Mauritius

    Mauritius
    Darwin takes a quiet long walk along the sea cost to the north of the town.

  • Cape Town, South Africa

    Cape Town, South Africa
    'The first object in Cape Town which strikes the eye of a stranger, is the number of bullock wagons'

  • Bahia and Pernambuco, South America

    Bahia and Pernambuco, South America
    In the jungle of South America, Darwin discovers many incredible creatures, however both homesick and seasick he is dismayed when the Beagle makes an unscheduled detour to make additional longitude measurements.

  • Falmouth, England

    Falmouth, England
    The Beagle ship was only 27m long and carried 74 people and 22 clocks, in very close quarters