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Initial Launch
Darwin sets sail for the Galapagos Islands as the ship captain's assistant -
First stop
Darwin and the ship arrive at Cape Verde Islands, where Darwin is excited to find results and may write about what he finds on the islands. -
Arriving in Brazil
Darwin and his crew arrive in Brazil and explore the rain forests for the first time with Darwin himself saying that the rain forests looked magnificent -
Visiting Argentina
After leaving Brazil, Darwin went to Argentina, where he was intrigued by the large fossils that the museums showcased. Plus, it began to fuel his suspicions that animals looked different at in an earlier time. -
Seeing the "Pampas"
After a failed mission in the Tierra del Fuego and finding more evidence in the discovery of fossils in the Falkland Islands, Darwin went to the -
Arriving in the Islands
After several months and a few years, Darwin and the rest of the HMS Beagle arrived at the Galapagos Islands, where Darwin was amazed at the genetic diversity shown between the various species with examples being the finches, turtles, and iguanas having different traits compared to the ones Darwin had seen back in England. -
Going to Australia
After leaving the islands, the HMS Beagle went to Australia, landing on the Sydney Cove, where Darwin saw several marsupials and was curious as to why there was a complete different set of mammals in this territory than in Europe. -
Returning home
After other stops in places such as Cape Town, Africa and Mauritius off the coast of Madagascar, Darwin returned home to England with several pieces of evidence needed for proving his theory of evolution.
