Beagle Voyage

By AddisonCameron

  • Darwin starts voyage

    Charles Darwin, 22, starts on the HMS Beagle Voyage as the captain's assistant.

  • Cape Verde Islands

    Darwin makes his first observation. Unknown day

  • Crossed the equator

    Darwin crossed the equator.

  • Salvador, Brazil

    Darwin explores Brazilian Rainforests.

  • Punta Alta, Argentina

    Darwin sees huge fossil bones.

  • Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

    3 people from a previous voyage joins them. FitzRoy tries to start a Christian mission which fails.

  • FalkLand Islands

    Darwin cracks open rocks and finds fossils inside.

  • Rio Negro, Argentina

    Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas.

  • Chiloe Island, Chile

    Darwin sees mount Osomo erupt and experiences an earthquake. He believed that the earthquake made the Island smaller.

  • Galapagos Islands

    Darwin finds many animals such as the tortois that are very unique but also similar to species at the mainland.

  • Sydney, Australia

    Darwin wonders why there are many different mamals in Sydney, Australia.

  • Cocos Island

    Darwin studies the coral reefs to test his theory of atoll formation.

  • Mauritius

    Black lava is smoothed over on the plain.

  • Cape Town, South Africa

    Many bullock wagons in Cape Town.

  • Bahia and Pernambuco, South America

    Darwin descovers many incredible creatures.

  • Journey ends

    In Falmouth, England the voyage ends.