HMS Beagle Naturalist Voyages and Charles Darwin's Tropical Observations (1831–1836)

1. HMS Beagle departs Plymouth with Darwin aboard

   Dec 27, 1831Labels: HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy, Charles Darwin

   • Cambridge Library
   • Darwin Arkivet

2. First landfall at St Jago, Cape Verde

   Jan 16, 1832Labels: Santiago Cape, Volcanic geology

   • Cambridge Library
   • Darwin Itinerary

3. Beagle reaches Bahia, Darwin’s first Brazilian rainforest

   Feb 29, 1832Labels: Bahia Salvador, Tropical rainforest

   • Darwin Online
   • Darwin Itinerary

4. Rio de Janeiro stay enables extended tropical collecting

   Apr 4, 1832Labels: Rio de, Field collecting

   • Darwin Text
   • Letters Henslow

5. Monte Video stop begins long South American phase

   Jul 26, 1832Labels: Monte Video, Coastal surveys

   • Darwin Online
   • Cambridge Library

6. Punta Alta fossil discoveries reveal extinct giants

   Sep 23, 1832Labels: Punta Alta, Fossil mammals

   • Beagle Diary
   • Cambridge Library

7. First Tierra del Fuego encounter highlights human diversity

   Dec 17, 1832Labels: Tierra del, Indigenous peoples

   • Cambridge Library
   • Darwin Online

8. Extended inland expeditions in Uruguay broaden observations

   Apr 28, 1833Labels: Maldonado, Inland expeditions

   • Cambridge Library

9. Beagle rounds Cape Horn and reaches Pacific coast

   Jun 1, 1834Labels: Cape Horn, Pacific coast

   • Cambridge Library
   • Darwin Itinerary

10. Concepción earthquake provides real-time evidence of uplift

    Feb 20, 1835Labels: Concepci n, Uplift evidence

    • Quake Article
    • Cambridge Library

11. Beagle leaves South America for the Galápagos

    Sep 7, 1835Labels: Departure, Gal pagos

    • Cambridge Library
    • Britannica

12. Galápagos visits highlight island-by-island variation

    Sep 15, 1835Labels: Gal pagos, Island variation

    • Darwin Online
    • Britannica

13. Tahiti stop adds new tropical comparisons

    Nov 21, 1835Labels: Tahiti, Tropical comparison

    • Darwin Itinerary

14. Sydney arrival extends the voyage into Australia

    Jan 12, 1836Labels: Sydney, Australian fauna

    • About Darwin
    • New Yorker

15. Cocos (Keeling) atoll observations support coral reef theory

    Apr 1, 1836Labels: Cocos Keeling, Coral atoll

    • Darwin Concordance
    • Cocos Islands

16. Beagle returns to Falmouth, ending the expedition

    Oct 2, 1836Labels: Falmouth, Expedition end

    • Beagle Voyage
    • Cambridge Library