Darwin's Beagle Voyage

  • Plymouth, England

    Darwin embarks on the HMS Beagle Voyage as the ships captians assistant
  • Cape Verde Islands

    Darwin is exhilarated by his first observations.
  • Equator

    crossed the equator
  • Salvador, Brazil

    reaches Salvador, Brazil
  • Punta Alta, Argentina

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

    reaches Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
  • Rio Negro, Argentina

    explores the fertile lowland areas here
  • Falkland Islands

    finds fossils and abundant organisms here
  • Chile

    watches mount osorno erupt on Chiloe Island
  • Galapagose Islands

    finds many new species of birds, plants, and tortoises unique to these islands
  • Mauritius

    reaches Mauritius
  • Sydney, Australia

    reaches Sydney, Australia
  • Coco Islands

    studies coral reefs growing here
  • Cape Town, South Africa

    reaches Cape Town, South Africa
  • South Africa

    discovers incredible creatures in the jungles of Bahia and Pernambuco
  • Plymouth, England

    returns home to Plymouth, England