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Plymouth,England
Darwin embarks on the Beagle voyageas the captain's assistant. -
Plymouth,,England
Charles Darwin embarks on the Beagle voyage as the ship's captain assistant -
Port of Santa Cruz
The ship arrived at the port of Santa Cruz, Tenerife Island. The crew was prevented from going ashore due to a cholera outbreak in England. They could have to wait out a quarantine period of twelve days but the Captain would not be delayed and gave orders for the ship to proceed. -
Cape Verde Archipelogo
The Beagle visits the island of the Cape Verde archipelogo -
The Equator
The Beagle crosses the Equator -
Salvador, Brazil
They arrive in Brazil -
Darwin sees slavery
From the end of February until it sailed from Rio on July 5th, Darwin travelled in Brazil, encountering slavery for the first time. -
Punta Alta Argentina
Darwin found a gaint fossil. He is recorded saying ""I have been wonderfuly luckywith fossil bones. Some of the animals must have been of great dimensions. I am almsot sure that many of them are quitenew" -
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
FitRoy attempts to start a Chriistian (ands fails disastrously) -
Falkland Island
Beagle arrived at the Falkland Islands at Port Louis. The British Navy had just taken over the islands from Argentina last January -
Falkland Islands
Darwin find the barren windswept Falklad islands. He describes it as desolate and wretched. -
Rio Negro River
The Beagle arrived at the Rio Negro river. -
General Rosas camp
Darwin arrived at General Rosas camp and received permission to proceed overland to Bahia Blanca. -
Fourth Shipment
A forth group of specimens was shipped to Cambridge. This load consisted of about two-hundred animal skins, some mice, a jar of fish, insects, rocks, seeds, and of course his big collection of fossils and geological specimens. -
Shipment of speciment
Another shipment of specimens was sent to Revd. Henslow. This one included many bird skins, insects, seeds, some plants, and water and gas samples from some hot springs in the Andes Mountains. -
Southward to the Chronos Archipelago
The Beagle headed south to survey the Chronos Archipelago and the waters around Chiloe Island. -
Chiloe Island, Chile
Darwin sees Mount Osorno erupt while on the island of Chiloe -
Galapagos Islands
Darwn finds many speces of plants, birds and tortosies unique to the Galapagos islands -
Sydney, Australia
Darwin records in his diary that his fiirst feeling was to congrtulate himsellf on being born an englishman -
Cocos Islands
Darwin studies coral reefs growing around the islands to test his theory of atoll formation -
Mauritius
Darwin observes " I took a quiet walk along the sea coast to the north off the town; the plain is there quite uncultivated, consisiting of a field of black lava smoothed over with coarse grass and bushes, the greater part of which are mimosas -
Cape Town, South Africa
They arrive in Cape town south africa. Darwin is recorded saying "The first object in Cape Town which strikes the eye of a stranger is the number of bullock wagons" -
St. Helena Island
The Beagle arrived at St. Helena Island where they remained for five days. -
Bahia and Pernambuco, South America
In the jungles of South America, Darwin discover many incredible creatures. -
Home Sweet Home
Beagle finally arrived home after a voyage of four years, nine months, five days. They docked at Falmouth, England