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016 NHD: EXPLORATION, ENCOUNTER, AND EXCHANGE
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THE BEAGLE IN SOUTH AMERICA, OPENING MANS EYES TO A NEW FRONTIER
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I learned about the Beagle voyage after visiting a science museum
several years ago. It showed Darwins journey through life as well as on the
seas. Then, slowly through growth, I began to be more and more intrigued in
evolution and I ket asking myself some of the !uestions man sought to
answer since the birth of civili"ation# where did we come from, and why are
we here$ I have found satisfactory answers, but only to raise more !uestions
all the while thinking about Darwin, is he right$ I knew that to gain a
greater and more educated ersective on the con%ict between science and
religion, I must study the ast. Thus I traced the e&ects to the cause, thus I
was able to narrow the toic down to the Beagle in 'outh (merica.
I sent most of my research browsing many rich databases andarchives online. They contained original ublications of )it"roy, as well as
Darwins own accounts of the Beagle *oyage. +owever, these rimary
resources were a little unorgani"ed and harder to etract information from.
This led me to a secondary site created by a scholar who was, like me, very
interested in Darwin. +e gave detailed mas, as well as details down to
everyday observations regarding the Beagle. (fter gaining all of this
knowledge, I came to where I started the imact of the voyage. +ere I not
only read many of Darwins aers, but also how events unfolded for )it"roy
who has an e!ually remarkable story, as I found out after reading some
articles as well as -ilberforces review of /n the /rigin of 'ecies0.
( website can incororate multimedia and is interactive, thus
enhancing a readers understanding. The making of the website started 1rst
with utting a basic summary of each age, then adding !uotes, then
images, and 1nally multimedia.
The Beagle relates to this years theme due to the fact that it was an
eloration of the 'outh (merican coastline, while Darwin encountered the
wonders of nature 23alaagos4. The Beagle also continued an ongoing
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echange with native settlers, this is shown in the four )uegians taken by
)it"roy and educated in 5ngland.
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