Darwin's Voyage

  • Charles Darwin, 22, boards the HMS Beagle for a voyage around the world

  • The ship stops in the cape verdes islands.

  • The Ship crosses the equator

  • The Ship stops in Brazil, where Darwin experiences the rainforest for the first time.

  • Punta Alta Argentina, where Darwin observes many fossils

  • The Captain attempts to start a christian mission in Tierra del Fuego, and fails Miserably

  • Darwin finds fossils in the falkland islands

  • Darwin explores the "Pampas" Region of Argentina

  • Darwin witnesses the Mount Osomo Eruption

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    Darwin visits the Galapagos Islands, his experiences there compels him to write "On the Origin of Species" The Treatise that defines modern Evolutionary thought

  • The Beagle stops in Sydney, where Darwin marvels at marsupials

  • The Beagle visits the cocos islands, where darwin observes coral reefs to test his theories on atoll formation.

  • Visit to mauritus

  • Cape Town

  • Darwin explores the Amazon once more, and discovers many amazing creatures,

  • Darwin returns home, now 27, and sets to work on his legendary work on evolution and natural selection.