The Voyage of the Beagle

Katherine HeerMirae Kim

All Aboard!

1832 January 16Santiago, 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 StopsFebruary 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 StopsDecember 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 IslandsDarwin’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.

1836 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.

1836 August : Bahia and Permambucio South AmericaIn the jungles of South America , Darwin discovers many incredible creatures

October 2 1836 : Falmouth, England

H.M.S Beagle finally arrived home after a voyage of five years!

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