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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