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Charles Darwin departs on board the HMS Beagle
Though he was not a sailor, Charles Darwin leaped at the opportunity to embark on the second voyage on board the HMS Beagle for a 5 year voyage as a naturalist and geologist. He was eager to work in this “natural laboratory” and begin his book on The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. It was later renamed as The Origin of Species (Clifford). -
Darwin arrives at South America
Once again, Charles Darwin was not a sailor. He was well known for being quite sea sick and seized opportunities to go ashore for study in which he seized his first opportunity to work on the Cape Verde Islands off the western coast of Africa. In March 22, 1832 he landed in Bahia on the eastern side of South America and became in awe while walking in the forests. He truly was fascinated in Botany (Clifford). -
Darwin Arrives at the Galapagos Islands
Of Charles Darwin’s most famous stops while underway, he disembarked at the Galapagos Islands for approximately 36 days. He noted that the plants and animals had characteristics that were unique from anywhere else in the world. He noticed 13 different species of finches and assessed that they were descendants of a common ancestor (Clifford).
Below is a brief video that highlights his travels.
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Darwin Reaches Australia
Upon Darwin’s stop in Australia, he makes note of some survival characteristics of trees that are also found in obviously different species elsewhere in the world in which he called convergent evolution (Clifford).
