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Darwin was baptized -
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Beagle voyage- For six months Darwin plans a naturalizing trip to the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. -
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Beagle voyage- Darwin gets a letter from his Cambridge mentor John Stevens Henslow has recommended him to a Captain Robert FitzRoy for a two-year voyage around the world. -
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Darwin begins keeping detailed notebooks of the voyage. -
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Darwin heads towards the port of Plymouth. -
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Darwin explores a volcanic island on St. Jago 450 miles away from the coast of Africa. -
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Darwin continues to explore the pristine rainforest. -
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Darwin rides across the plains of Patagonia with a group of Argentine cowboys or gauchos. Over the course of several days Darwin finds the remains of nine different colossal animals and countless seperate bones. -
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Darwin is struck by how different marsupials here are to the placental mammals of Europe. -
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As the shores of Falmouth England heave in sight, Darin is thrilled to see the end of his five-year voyage. He has spent 18 months on the open sea and more then three years exploring on land. -
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Darwin opened his first species notebook -
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Darwin published his theory of natural selection