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Charles Darwin embarks on the HMS Beagle. Darwin states "The misery I endured from seasickness is far beyond what I ever guessed at"
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Darwin reaches his first destination and is exilerated by his findings. He decides to keep a log on his findings throughout his trip.
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Darwin and the Beagle cross the equator, and Darwin endures the disgreeable shaving process.
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Darwin studies his first rain forests.
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Darwin finds gigantic fossils and is amazed at how large and new they are.
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Darwin and FitzRoy visit with the native people. FitzRoy attempts to start a christian mission, but fails disasterously.
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Darwin dislakes the Falksland Islands, but is happy to find fossils in 'primitive looking' rocks.
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Darwin encounters the locals and marvels at the freedom they have.
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Darwin witnesses a volcano eruption and is deeply shaken.
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Darwin spends most of his trip here, and he studies many of the wildlife found near the ocean and on the island's shores.
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Darwin feels English pride as he surveys the town and examines the marsupials.
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Darwin studies the coral and sea life and tests his theory of atoll formation.
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Darwin observes the lava formations around the town.
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Darwin notes the strange number of 'bullock mountains'.
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The Beagle makes an unscheduled detour to increase longitude measurements. Darwin doesn't enjoy it one bit.
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Darwin arrives home safe and sound, although he will have poor health for the rest of his life.
