Charles Darwin's voyage and galapagos studies

  • Plymouth England

    Charles Darwin embarks on the HMS Beagle voyage as the ship captain's assistant at age 22
  • Cape Verde islands

    Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations
  • Crossing the equator

    The entire crew is fairly traumatized by events about crossing the horizontal line that splits the world in half.
  • Salvador Brazil

    Darwin explores Brazilian rainforests for the first time
  • Punta Alta, Argentina

    Darwin is intrigued by the giant fossils he sees
  • Tierra del Fuego Argentina

    Captain Robert FitzRoy repatriates 3 native people he had brought to England on a previous voyage
  • Falkland islands

    Darwin finds the barren windswept islands desolate and wretched but finds brachiopod fossils as well
  • Rio Negro Argentina

    Darwin explores the fertile lowland areas known as pampas
  • Chiloe island Chile

    Darwin sees Mt. Osorno erupt and then experiences an earthquake in the woods near Valdivia.
  • Galapagos islands

    Darwin visit the Galpagos and find rare species of plants, birds and tortoises
  • Sydney Australia

    Darwin marvels at Marsupials and wonders as to why Oceania has it's own set of mammals
  • Keeling islands

    Darwin studies coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of atoll formation
  • Mauritius

    Darwin visits an island which contains mostly mimosas and fields of black lava
  • Cape town, South Africa

    Darwin visits the bottom of the African continent and sees a large amount of Bullock trailers and Table Mountain
  • Bahia and Pernambuco South America

    Darwin visits the jungles of south america and sees incredible creatures animals and amount alike
  • Falmouth England

    Darwin finally returns home and is grateful to see his family once again