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in 1831
Charles Darwin at age 22 recently graduated Charles joined captain Fitzroy on the HMS beagle, instead of the planned 2 years the voyage took nearly 5 years. -
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December 1831
Charles Darwin age 22 embarks on the HMS beagle to voyage as the ship captains assistant. "the misery i endured from seasickness is far beyond what i ever guessed at". -
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January 1832
Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations, "it then first dawned on me that i might perhaps write a book on the geology of the various countries visited, and this made me thrill with delight". -
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February 1832 Salvador, Brazil
Darwin explores Brazilian rainforests for the first time, he never experienced such intense delight he wondered all around the brazilian rainforest looking at all the objects. -
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1832 september
Darwin is intrigued by the giant fossils he sees "I've been lucky with fossil bones, some animals must have been from great dimensions he was almost sure that many of them were quiet new. -
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December 1832
Captain Fitzroy repatriates three native people he brought to England from a previous trip, Fitzroy attempts to start a christian mission which fails disastrously. -
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February 1832 crossing the equator
we have crossed the equator and i undergone the disagreeable of being shaved, the constable blindfolded me and thus lead along, buckets of water were thundered all around, i was then placed on a plank, which could be easily tilted into a large bath.. the whole ship was a shower bath" Captain Fitzroy says. -
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August 1833
Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas, known as pampas, with locals or "gauchos" there is high enjoyment in the independence of the gaucho life. -
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January- February 1835 Chiloe island, Chile
Darwin sees Mount Oromo erupt while on the Island of Chiloe and experiences the earthquake in the woods near Valdivia, seeing the aftermath of the earthquake affected him tremendously he believed the earthquake degrading or lessening the size of island than 100 years of ordinary wear and tear. -
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September- October 1835
Darwin finds many species of plants,birds and tortoises unique to the galapagos islands, but they seen mysteriously related to mainland species, he's fascinated and amused by the Galapagos tortoise. -
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January 1836 Sydney, Australia
On the arrival in Sydney cove Darwin wonders why there is a completely different set of mammals in Australia. -
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April 1836 Cocos Islands
Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation "I'm glad we visited these islands, such surly rank high amongst the wonderful objects of this world. -
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May 1836 Mauritius
Darwin took a quiet walk along the sea coast to the north of the town, 'there is quite uncultivated, consisting of a find of black lava smoothed over with coarse grass and bushes, the greater part of which are mimosas' says darwin. -
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June 1836 Cape town South Africa
The first object to strike the eye of strangers is the bullock wagons i haven't mentioned the Table Mountain the great mass of horizontally stratified sandstone rises quite close behind the town hight of 3,500 feet. -
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August 1836
In the jungles of South America darwin discovers many incredible creatures, however both homesick and seasick, he dismayed when the beagle makes an unscheduled detour to make longitude measurements,"i loathe, i abhor the sea, and all ships which sail on it. -
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October 1836 Falmouth England
Darwin reaches 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