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Darwin embarks on the Beagle voyageas the captain's assistant.
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Charles Darwin embarks on the Beagle voyage as the ship's captain assistant
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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.
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The Beagle visits the island of the Cape Verde archipelogo
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The Beagle crosses the Equator
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They arrive in Brazil
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From the end of February until it sailed from Rio on July 5th, Darwin travelled in Brazil, encountering slavery for the first time.
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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"
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FitRoy attempts to start a Chriistian (ands fails disastrously)
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Beagle arrived at the Falkland Islands at Port Louis. The British Navy had just taken over the islands from Argentina last January
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Darwin find the barren windswept Falklad islands. He describes it as desolate and wretched.
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The Beagle arrived at the Rio Negro river.
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Darwin arrived at General Rosas camp and received permission to proceed overland to Bahia Blanca.
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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.
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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.
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The Beagle headed south to survey the Chronos Archipelago and the waters around Chiloe Island.
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Darwin sees Mount Osorno erupt while on the island of Chiloe
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Darwn finds many speces of plants, birds and tortosies unique to the Galapagos islands
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Darwin records in his diary that his fiirst feeling was to congrtulate himsellf on being born an englishman
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Darwin studies coral reefs growing around the islands to test his theory of atoll formation
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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
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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"
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The Beagle arrived at St. Helena Island where they remained for five days.
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In the jungles of South America, Darwin discover many incredible creatures.
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Beagle finally arrived home after a voyage of four years, nine months, five days. They docked at Falmouth, England