Voyage Of The Beagle: How Darwin Changed The World

The Discoveries of Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin was a naturalist who changed the world. His life was filled with learning, adventure, and changing the way people thought about life. He received his chance to go on a voyage around the globe and study life around the world. This voyage pushed Darwin to be a symbol of the theory of evolution and a leader to those who believed it. And it was a combination of luck and chance that Darwin got to go on the life-changing Voyage of The Beagle. The voyage began with John Stevens Henslow, a botany professor at Christ's College in Cambridge, declining his invitation to be a part of the journey around the world on the HMS Beagle. But along with the letter came a recommendation. Henslow was recommending

She had ten guns on board and because there was no immediate use for it, it was kept in the reserve fleet, a fleet of unused sips that would be used during a time of war. The ships would stay there without rigging or a sail until they were needed. In 1831, the former captain of the ship, Robert FitzRoy decided to use the ship again for a second voyage. The Beagle was repaired and by this time, it only had six cannons, but it was still in good condition. This voyage would be to go around the world and map any islands they encountered. Now that everything was ready, crew of the Beagle set sail. The crew was made up of at least 70 (number varies depending on source) men including the captain, Darwin, a cook, doctors, several deckhands, and mappers. They left on the morning of December 27th 1831. Almost immediately, Darwin became incredibly seasick and often ran to the deck to vomit for a few minutes at a time. When he wasn’t throwing up, Darwin was lying in his hammock and trying to ignore the queasy feeling in his

Unfortunately, the ship was not able to dock due to the storm in the area. Darwin probably did not notice or care about this turn of events because he was too seasick to leave his cabin. A few days later, they stopped at the port of Santa Cruz at Tenerife Island (a part of the Canary Islands) to resupply their food stores. Once they tried to leave, some men from the Island’s health office told the captain that they had to stay for a few days because of a cholera outbreak. They stayed for 12 days, but then they were allowed to leave. Once they arrived at the Cape Verde Islands, Darwin began to observe some cuttlefish in a tide pool. He was interested by their ability to change their color. Here he began to ponder on the idea of evolution, a commonly debated prospect at the time. He also noticed that some of the birds that lived on islands that were sparsely populated with people, were almost tame and not afraid of humans, Darwin even said that you could “hit them with a stick” if you wanted