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Plymouth, England
22 year old Charles Darwin graduated and joined Captain Fitzroy on the HMS Beagle as his assistant for a trip around the world which had taken about 5 years. -
Cape verde islands
Charles thought of writing a book of all the countries he was soon going to visit. -
Crossing the equator
At the time of crossing the equator he confronts about not being shaved and having a bath the way did. -
Salvador, Brazil
Darwin explores Brazilian rain forests for the first time and he was delighted by the experience. -
Punta Alta, Argentina
Darwin is fascinated by the fossils he sees. -
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Captain Fitzroy repatriates three native people he had brought to England and attempts to start a christian mission which failed. -
Falkland Islands
Darwin finds the barren destroyed but perks up when he cracks open 'primitive looking rocks' and finds fossils. -
Rio Negro, Argentina
Darwin explores Pampas with the local people of 'Guachos'. -
Chiloe Island, Chile
(January-February) Darwin sees Mt. Osorno erupt while on the island of Chiloe and experiences an earthquake in the woods near Valdiva. The aftermath affected him tremendously. -
Galapagos Islands
(September-October) Darwin finds many species of plants, birds, tortoises unique to the Galapagos Islands but they seemed related to mainland species. He was fascinated by the tortoise and iguana. -
Sydney, Australia
On arrival of Sydney cove, Darwin's first impression was to congratulate himself.
Marveling at marsupials Darwin wonders why their mammals are different. -
Cocos 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 cultivated, consisting of a field of black lava smoothed over with course grass and bushes, the greater part of which are mimosas,' Observes Darwin. -
Cape Town, Africa
'The first object in Cape town which strike the eye of a stranger, is the number of bullock wagons...I have yet as not mentioned the well known table Mountain; this great mass of horizontally stratified sandstone rises quite close behind the town to a height of 3,500 feet,' -
Bahia and Pernambuco, South America
In the jungles of South America, Darwin discovers many incredible creatures. However both homesick and seasick, he is dismayed when the beagle makes an unscheduled detour to make additional longitude measurements. -
Falmouth, England
'I reached home late last night. My head is quite confused with so much delight.'
The beagle ship was only 27m (90 feet) long and carried 74 people, and 22 clocks, in very close quarters!