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Plymouth, England
Charles Darwin , age 22 get son the HMS Beagle voyage as the ships captin's assistant. -
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Darwin's Voyage
We are going on a Journey through Charles Darwin's Voyage -
Cape Verde Islands
He is overly excited by his first observation
"It then dawned on me that i might perhaps write a book on the geology of the various countries visited, and this made me thrill with delight" -
Salvador, Brazil
Darwin explaores Brazilian rainforests for the first time. -
Crossing the equator
they crossed the equator, and undergone a disagreeable operation of being shaved -
Punta Alta, Argentina
Darwin is intrigued by the giant fossils he sees -
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Captian Robert FitzRoy repatriates three native people he had brought to England on a pervious voyage. FitzRoy attempts to start christian ission but fails tremendously. -
Falkland Islands
DArwin finds the barren, windswept Falkland Islands. HE opens some rocks and finds some fossils. -
Rio Negro, Argentina
Darwin explores the fetile lowland areas, know as pampas -
Chiloe Island, Chile
Darwin sees MOunt Osomo Erupt while on the Island of Chiloe and experiences the earthquake in the woods near Valdivia. -
Chiloe Island, Chile
"I believe this earthquake has done more in degrading or lessening the size of the island, than 100 years of ordinary wear and tear. -
Galapagos Island
Darwin finds many species of plants, birds and tortoises unique to the galapagos Islands -
Galapagos Islands
The Tortoises were so big to him he could help but ride one -
Sydney, Austraila
When he arrived in Sydney Cove, his first feeling was to congradulate hisself to be born an englishmen -
Cocos Islands (keeling 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, greater part of which are mimosas, ' observes Darwin. -
CApe Town, South Africa
"The first object in Cape town which strikes the eye of a stranger, is the number of bullock wagons...I have as yet not mentioned the well known Table Mountain; this great mass of horizontally stratified sandstone rises quite close behind the town to height of 3,500 feet." -
Bahia and Pemambuco, South america
In the jungles of South America, Darwin discovers many incredible creatures. HE did howeverget home and sea sick, he dismaied when the beagle makes an unscheduled detour -
Falmouth, England
"I reached home late last night. My head is quite confused with so much delight.'