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the voyage Begins
A 22 year old boy becomes the captain's assistant on the HMS beagle for a journey that took 5 years -
Cape Verde Islands
Darwin was overwhelmed with the discoveries he had seen and decided to write a book on geological variation in othe countries -
Salvandor, Brazil
Darwin visited the rainforest during his voyage and was astonished to see the variation and beauty between vegetation, grasses, and flowers. -
Crossing the Equator
Hard times had come on the ship while crossing the equator. Him and his crew faced hard conditions of being blindfolded or even on the plank -
Punta Alta, Argentina
Darwin discovers some fossils and begins observing their dimensions and sizes and thinks some are still new. -
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Captin Robert brings back three natives to England where he aquired on his last voyage. He also tries to start a Christian mission but it drastically fails. -
Falkland Islands
Charles Darwin found the windswept Falkland islands and found it wretched. He also discovered fossils along with 2 shelled animals that once were abundant on earth -
Rio Negro, Argentina
Charles explored the panamas with the local people, who had joy of having independence from the gaucho life. -
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Chiloe island, Chile
Darwin sees mount Osorno erupt which caused an earthquake. The aftermath of the earthquake, lead Charles to believe the mount did more degrading the island size than tearing it down -
Galapagos Islands
Darwin finds various species on the island that seem heavily related to mainland islands, but he is extremely fascinated in the tortoises. He was amused because they were so large. He even studied iguanas because they swam and feed in the ocean and once he cut several open all he found was seed weed. He also found all the birds on the island were species of finches -
Sydney, Australia
On the way to Sydney's cover Darwin was anxious to congratulate himself for being an Englishman and wondered why Australia contained so many different mammals. -
Cocos Island
Darwin studied coral reefs where he tested his atoll formation theory -
Mauritius
He waljked alomg the coast that had parts of black lava smoothed over with grass and bushes and most were mimosas -
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town consists of many bullock wagons and the Table Mountain, The great mass of horizontal sandstone rises behind the town with the height of 3,500ft -
Bahia and Pernambuco, South America
Darwin discovers many incredible creatures in South American jungles. When the beagle makes a unscheduled detour he is dismayed while homesick and seasick. -
Falmouth, England
Darwin finally reached his home with so much delight of his journey. The beagle held 22 clocks and 74 people in very close quarters of only 90 feet.
