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When Charles Darwin, then age 22, first saw the HMS Beagle, he thought it looked ""more like a wreck than a vessel commissioned to go round the world."" But travel around the world it did, taking Darwin to South America, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and of course the Galapagos Islands, in a... read more
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- Charles Darwin: Add a description of this character.
- Robert Fitzroy
- Conrad Martens
- Tierra Del Fuego
- Mr Lawson
- Wickham
- Stokes
- Rosas
- Allen Gardiner
- Syms Covington
- Sedgwick
- Maldonado
- John Gould
- Henslow
- James Bennett
- Mr Bynoe
- Lyell
- Caroline
- Sarmiento
- Matthews
- Seymour
- Richard Owen
- Mendoza
- Mr Pritchard
- Beagle
- Hooker
- Grant
- Fox
- Rhea
- Mr Usborne
- P.p. King
- Wallace
- Harris
- Carmen
- Josiah Wedgwood
Setting & Locations edit
- England
- London
- Valparaiso
- Cambridge
- Patagonia
- South America
- Chile
- Buenos Aires
- Tahiti
- Rio De Janeiro
- Beaufort
- Pacific
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Sydney
- Falkland Islands
- Shrewsbury
- Galapagos
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- Falklands
- Rio Santa Cruz
- Lima
- Chiloe
- Copiapo
- San Carlos
- Santiago
- Port Louis
- Monte Video
- Punta Alta
- Bahia Blanca
- Cape Horn
- Coquimbo
- S. America
- Uruguay
- Rio Negro
- Down House
- Devonport
- Mauritius
- Atlantic
- Woo Ilya
- Callao
- Spain
- Macrauchenia
- Edinburgh
Authors & Contributors edit
- R. D. Keynes (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 576.82092
Subjects edit
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Animals › Wildlife
- Books › Science › History & Philosophy › History of Science
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Evolution
- Books › Science › Technology › History of Technology
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Scientists
- Books › Science › Evolution
- Books › History › Russia
- Books › History › World
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