Explore Darwin's historical journey aboard H.M.S Beagle in this story infographic from the Cambridge Library Collection . Re-live the journey and discover over 150 extremely rare books aboard Dawin's ...
Some of our most famous specimens were collected by Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy during the round-the-world voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836. Accepted on board as a gentlemanly ...
to the climate and Productions of the country." Summer 1833 (Voyage of the Beagle) (Birth of a Theory) Darwin rides across the plains of Patagonia with a group of Argentine cowboys, or gauchos.
St. Jago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is the first place Darwin disembarks on his Beagle voyage. "The geology of St. Jago," Darwin notes, "is very striking yet simple: a stream of lava formerly ...
In September 1835, the Beagle arrived in the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles from Ecuador. Darwin made detailed notes and collected lots of animals, plants, insects and reptiles. He noted that the ...
It was a trove of fossils. Never mind the notion of Darwin's finches. For a fresh view of the Beagle voyage, start with Darwin's armadillos and giant sloths. "What we had for dinner to day would ...
An international group of scientists plan to recreate Charles Darwin’s five-year sea voyage around the world aboard a replica of the HMS Beagle. They plan to set sail from London in 2014.
Under the influence of Professor Henslow, he signs on to a 3-year expedition aboard the Beagle. After taking part in an initiation rite on his first crossing of the Equator, Darwin reaches South ...