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Beagle Voyage
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Oliver Pitman
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12 Oct 2017
Events
HMS Beagle sets sail
HMS Beagle reaches Tenerife in the Canary Islands, but is quarantined for 12 days; They decide to sail on instead of face the delay
Darwin reaches St. Jago in the Cape Verde Islands
Some event happened
Darwin departs from Santiago
The Beagle crosses the equator
The Beagle arrives at the island of Fernando de Noronha, but only stays a few hours before departing again
The Beagle arrives at Salvador (Brazil)
The Beagle lands in Rio De Janeiro; Darwin is dropped off while The Beagle continues survey work around Salvador
The Beagle returns to Rio de Janeiro
The Beagle departs Rio de Janeiro
Darwin arrives at Montevideo near Buenos Aires; Captain Fitzroy Leads an expedition up the Rio Parana
Cpt. Fitzroy assists in the stopping of a 'negro riot' at the request of local police
Darwin ships his first batch of specimen back to Cambridge
Darwin sends his second batch of specimen back to Cambridge
The Beagle departs from Montevideo
The Beagle lands at Tierra del Fuego on the Southern tip of South America
The Beagle is stuck out at sea in heavy storms; Cpt. Fitzroy is not willing to take the risk of going into a bay
Cpt. Fitzroy, Darwin and some other crew members take three small boats down the Beagle Channel
A mission has successfully been established
The boats return to find the missionary has been looted and destroyed; they continue on to The Beagle
Fitzroy and a few others return to the missionary to fix it; it is left in the hands of three Fuegians who were previously on the ship
The Beagle arrives at the Falkland Islands; Darwin collects fossils which give insight into the changes of local species over time
The Beagle departs from the Falkland Islands
The Beagle arrives back at Montevideo
Darwin sends his third shipment back to Cambridge; It includes 80 bird species, 20 quadrupeds, 4 barrels of skin and plants
The Beagle leaves Rio Negro to survey nearby areas
Darwin and The Beagle depart for the Falkland Islands
The Beagle travels through the tip of South America to reach the Pacific Ocean
The Beagle and Adventure arrive at Valparaiso, Chile
Cpt. FitzRoy has a breakdown and attempts to resign command of the Beagle; he is eventually convinced to come back
The Beagle picks up Darwin and heads south to the Chronos Archipelago
The Beagle reaches the Caylen Islands
Darwin in still studying the area, taking expeditions around the Uspallata Range
Darwin makes his third and final Andes Expedition
Darwin returns from his expedition
The Beagle arrives at Callao, near Lima (Peru)
The Beagle departs Callao for the Galapagos Islands
The crew gathers and departs the Galapagos Islands for the Tahiti Islands (5,150 km away)
The Beagle arrives safely at Tahiti and is greeted by friendly natives and the local missionary
The Beagle arrives in New Zealand
Beagle sets off for New Zealand
The Beagle departs New Zealand for Australia
Darwin begins a 120 mile round trip to Bathurst, along which he is impressed by many endemic creatures like the platypus
The Beagle sets anchor In Sydney Cove
The Beagle heads to Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land)
The Beagle arrives at Albany (WA)
The Beagle Departs from Albany
They arrive at the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean
The Beagle arrives at Mauritius
They depart Mauritius and head to Cape Town
The Beagle arrives at Simon's Bay near Cape Town
The Beagle leaves Cape Town
The Beagle arrives at Ascension and St. Helena Islands
The Beagle detours to Brazil to recalculate the journey back to England
The Beagle departs and heads directly to England
The Beagle stops off for a day in The Azores
The Beagle finally reaches England after 4 years, 9 months and 5 days
Darwin reaches his home in Shrewsbury to much celebration
Periods
Darwin and the Beagle's crew are led down the coast to Bahia Bianca, where Darwin collects fossils from the cliff-faces
Darwin begins inland expedition into the Andes
