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Plymouth, England
Charles Darwin age 22 embarks on the HMS beagle voyage as the ship captains assistant -
Cape Verde Islands
Darwin is exhilarated by first observations -
Crossing the equator
we have crossed the equator -
Salvador Brazil
Darwin explores Brazilian rainforests for the first time -
Punta Alta, Aregentina
Darwin was intrigued by the giant fossils he sees -
Tierra del fuego, Argentina
Captain Robert Fitzroy repatriates three native people he had brought to England on a previous voyage -
Falkland Islands
Darwin finds the barren windswept Falkland Island desolate and wretched -
Rio Negro Argentina
Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas known as pampas with the local people or gauchos -
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Chiloe Island Chile
Darwin sees mount osomo erupt while on the island of Chiloe and experiences of the earthquake in the woods near Valdivia -
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Galapagos island
Darwin finds many species of plants brids and tortoises unique to the Galapagos islands but them seem mysteriously related to mainland species -
Falmouth england
I reached home late last night my head is quite confused with so much delight -
Sydney Australia
on arrival in Sydney cove Darwin's first feeling was born an Englishmen it is a fine town -
cocos island (keeling islands)
Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation -
Mauritius
Darwin observed the greater part which is mimosas -
cape town South africa
first objective in cape town which strikes the eye of stranger is the number of bullock wagons -
Bahia and Pernambuco south
in the jungles of the south America Darwin discovers many incredible creatures