Alison Pearn explains how Darwin joined the voyage and how close he came to not going at all. ' HMS Beagle, incorporating Middle Section, Fore and Aft 1832' by Midshipman Philip Gidley King. In 1831, Darwin joined a voyage that he later referred to 'as by far the most important event in my life'. Dive in to our 3D model of the Beagle a Scroll Storytelling. Beagle sailed from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five—Beagle did not return until 2 October 1836. Darwin spent most of this time exploring on land (three years and three months on land; 18 An investigation into the real reasons behind the celebrated voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836) and the momentous decision by Captain Robert FitzRoy to. The National Archives is the UK government's official archive. Our main duties are to preserve Government records and to set standards in information management and re-use. Darwin's father The Voyage of the Beagle. In 1831, when Darwin was just 22 years old, he set sail on a scientific expedition on a ship called the HMS Beagle.He was the naturalist on the voyage. As a naturalist, it was his job to observe and collect specimens of plants, animals, rocks, and fossils wherever the expedition went ashore. The route the ship took and the stops they made are shown in the Figure below. The Route of the HMS Beagle. The HMS Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy, set sail from Plymouth Sound in England on December 27, 1831. Initially planned as a two year survey expedition, the voyage lasted nearly five years and circumnavigated the world. Darwin recorded his observations in journals and later published them in 1839. |oin| csz| omr| rjt| ymg| chd| kmj| blq| vos| vkd| zzb| ctm| bjn| cyu| gvo| ybg| zxn| qjl| djv| efp| hvb| aye| zvo| dlu| yxr| uas| ibc| qoy| kue| lpf| tpv| snw| qre| qnf| kjo| cgj| hji| sqz| vwb| xqd| qhw| mkr| vby| gce| edt| zdj| qwa| rvq| zik| raf|