Beagle Timeline

By C_Rojas

  • December 27, 1831

    The 22-year-old recently graduated Charles Darwin joined Captain FitzRoy on the HMS Beagle as ship’s naturalist for a trip around the world.

  • January 1832

    Arrives at Cape Verde - Darwin makes his first observations.

  • February 1832

    The Beagle crossed the equator.
    Arrives at Salvador, Brazil.

  • September 1832

    Arrives at Punta, Argentina.

  • December 1832

    Arrives at Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - Captain FitzRoy attempts to start a Christian mission, which fails.

  • March 1833

    Arrives at Falkland Islands.

  • August 1833

    Arrives at Rio Negro, Argentina.

  • January - February 1835

    Arrives at Chiloé Island, Chile - Sees Mount Osomo erupt while on island.

  • September-October 1835

    Arrives at Galapagos Island.

  • January 1836

    Arrives in Sydney, Australia.

  • April 1836

    Arrives at Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands).

  • May 1836

    Arrives at Cape Town, South Africa.

  • June 1836

    Arrives at Cape Town, South Africa.

  • August 1836

    Arrives at Bahia and Pernambuco, South America.

  • October 2, 1836

    Arrives back home to Falmouth, England.