The Voyage of the Beagle Katherine Heer Mirae Kim

All Aboard!

1832 January 16 Santiago, Cape Verde Islands o Darwin made his first discovery - a horizontal white band of shells within a cliff face along the shoreline about forty- five feet above sea level.

January 1832 Cape Verde Islands “It first dawned on me that I might perhaps write a book on the geology of the various countries visited, and this made me thrill with delight.” - Charles Darwin, 1832

South American Stops February 1832: Salvador, Brazil  Darwin reaches Brazil and explores a tropical rainforest for the first time.  He begins to take notice of immense amount of plants and animals, as well as the beautiful of flowers in the rainforest September 1832 Punta Alta, Argentina  In Punta Alta, Darwin discovers some giant fossil.  “Some of the animals must have been of great dimensions! I am almost sure that many of them are quite new.”

South American Stops December 1832: Tierra Del Fuego Argentina  True to his faith, Captain FitzRoy attempts to start a Christian mission here, but fails miserably. March 1833: Falkland Islands  Darwin, at first, is disappointed by these islands, but is excited to find fossils inside rocks that were full of brachiopods 1833 November 14  Darwin explored Mercedes region of Uruguay  where he found the head of a fossilized Tuxedos, a hippo- like animal. He also found a few other fossil remains near by.

1835 January- Feburary: Chiloe Island, Chile Darwin sees Mount Osomo erupt while on the island of Chiloe and experiences the earthquake for the first time in Valdivia. September- September 1835 Galapagos Islands Darwin’s observations and collections contributed to the inception of his theory of evolution by natural selection.

1835 December 21 : New Zealand 1836 January 12 : Sydney, Australia -Darwin wrote to his sister that he was 'looking forward with more pleasure to seeing Sydney, than to any other part of the voyage'. -Darwin was stunned to find a completely different set of mammals in Australia

1836 April 1 : Cocos Island -The islands were composed entirely of coral reef. Darwin studied coral reefs growing around islands to test his theory of coral reef formulation May 31: Cape Town -The Beagle sailed around the southern tip of Africa and anchored at Simon's Bay near Cape Town.

1836 July 8 : St. Helena Island Darwin spent most of his time here exploring the geology of the island August : Bahia and Permambucio South America In the jungles of South America, Darwin discovers many incredible creatures

October : Falmouth, England H.M.S Beagle finally arrived home after a voyage of five years!

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