Darwin thingy
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mise à jour avec succès: 15 oct. 2017
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Charles Darwin sets sail, leaving Plymouth Harbour
- Darwin becomes seasick almost immediatelyBeagle stops at Santa Cruz, but quarantined
- Would have to wait for twelve days; Capt. Fitzroy
decides to continue to Cape Verde IslandsArrival at Cape Verde Islands
- Darwin observed colour-changing cuttlefish
- Found white band of shells at Porto Praya high
above sea levelBeagle crosses the equatorBeagle arrives at Rio de Janeiro
- Explored 100 miles of coast, collected specimensArrival at Montevideo
- Survey trip led up Rio ParanaFirst load of specimens shipped
- Darwin feared the shipment would
be of little importancePaz and Liebre join the Beagle
- John Wickham in commandDarwin collects massive fossils at Punta Alta
- Found creatures then-unknown to scienceSecond load of specimens sent
- Beagle leaves MontevideoArrival at Woolya Cove, where mission
was to be startedArrival in Falkland Islands
- comparative studies conducted
between Falklands and South AmericaUnicorn bought, renamed AdventureMaldonado trek
- Darwin collects over a hundred seperate speciesThird load of specimens sentBeagle surveys Plate River
- Darwin treks by self to Buenos Aires
- Many fossils found in beach sandDarwin crosses Rio Parana; locates fossils
- similar to those found in Europe despite being different environmentsDarwin ships fourth group of specimens
- Rio Negro trek beginsSurvey of San Julian coastSurvey of the Strait of Magellan, onwards through
Beagle ChanneReturn to Woolya Cove; mission abandonedRio Santa Cruz trek
- Darwin finds layers of shells againBeagle passes through Magdalen Channel into PacificFirst Andes Expedition
- More shell formations found; suggested that
continents were in fluxAnother Shipment sent to Henslow
- Included flora, fauna and gas samplesFitzRoy has breakdown; Adventure soldSurvey work begins at Caylen IslandArrival at Mocha Island
- Darwin discovers more shell beds, supporting
the idea that the earth was very oldSecond Andes ExpeditionDarwin finds lava flows and petrified trees in ChileThird Andes ExpeditionRescue of the Challenger
- Tropic of Capricorn crossedArrival at the Galapagos
- Darwin collects vast variety of specimens
- On James Island Darwin observes variations
of lizards
- Found that only some islands had certain speciesArrival at TahitiArrival at Port Jackson
- Astonished by the platypus, thought there was
a separate act of creation responsibleArrival at Keeling Islands
- Darwin theorised that the islands were
part of submerged coral reef
- Found coconut trees, which he thought had
migrated to these islandsArrival at Cape Town
- Met with John HerschelBeagle crosses Tropic of CapricornArrival at St Helena Island
- Vegetation introduced from UKReturn to Brazil
- Beagle had taken faulty measurementsBeagle passes equatorBeagle crosses Tropic of CancerArrival at AzoresConclusion of Voyage
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