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Joined Captain Fitzroy on the HMS Beagle
Charles Joins the Beagle -
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Joined Captain Fitzroy on the HMS Beagle
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Cape Verde Islands
Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations -
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Cape Verde Islands
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Crossing The Equator
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Crossing The Equator
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Punta Alta, Argentina
Darwin is intrigued by the fossil he sees. -
Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
Captain Robert FitzRoy repatriates three native people voyage -
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Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
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Fakland Islands
Darwin finds the barren, windswept Fakland Islands 'dsolate and wretched'. -
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Fakland Islands
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Rio Negro, Argentina
Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas, known as Pampas, with the local people or 'Gauchos'. -
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Rio Negro, Argentina
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Chiloe Island, Chile
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Chiloe Island, Chile
Darwin sees Mount Osomo erupt while on the island of Chile and experiences the earthquake in the woods near Valdivia. -
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Galapagos Islands
Darwin finds many species of plants, birds and tortoises unique to the Galapagos Islands. -
Sydney, Australia
On arrival in Sydney Cove, Darwin's first feeling was 'to congratulate myself that i was born an Englishman. -
Cocos Islands
Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation. -
Mauritius
'I took a quiet walk along the sea coast to the north of the town; the plain is there quite uncultivated, consisting of a field of black lava smoothed over with coarse grass and bushes, the greater part of which are mimosas,' observers Darwin. -
Cape Town, South Africa
'the first object in Cape Town which strikes the eye of a stranger, is the number of bullocks wagon. -
Bahia and Pernambuco, South America
In the jungles of South America, Darwin discovers many incredible creatures. -
Falmouth, England
The beagle ship was only 27m (90 feet) long and carried 74 people, and 22 clocks, in very close quarters!