#HMS Beagle

[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Beagle, by Ross Shardlow (1950-)

[geritsel]

Conrad Martens -  Two watercolors of the voyage of The Beagle, Terra del Fuego and Mount Sarmiento

[bricksxbooks]

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[simplicius-simplicissimus]

The Voyage of Charles Darwin (Die Reise des Charles Darwin)

In 1978, a BBC TV series about Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle was shown on German television. On December 27th of 1831, the HMS Beagle left the port of Plymouth, England. The small brig was supposed to survey the coasts of South America and return to England via Australia and Africa.

Originally intended to last four years, the journey ultimately lasted almost five years. Also on board was the young theologian and amateur naturalist – 22-year-old Charles Darwin. He actually wanted to use the trip to get to know and describe the diversity of divine creation. However, the insights he gained on the trip were the basis for his theory of evolution - a theory that shook the common world view of the time.

At the beginning of this year I was finally able to realize the plan to travel to Patagonia in Darwin's footsteps. It was a goosebumps moment when we climbed a hill and looked out over Wulaia Bay - the bay where Captain Fitzroy had his first encounter with local Indians (the resulting story is well known). Almost 200 years ago, the HMS Beagle may have also anchored where our expedition ship anchored. Patagonia remained a relatively untouched piece of earth. Its roughness has preserved it - and gives it its charm.

In 1978 lief eine TV-Serie der BBC über die Reise von Charles Darwin mit der HMS Beagle im Deutschen Fernsehen. Am 27. Dezember 1831 verliess die HMS Beagle den Hafen von Plymouth in England. Die kleine Brigg sollte die Küsten Südamerikas vermessen und über Australien und Afrika wieder nach England zurückkehren.

Auf ursprünglich vier Jahre angelegt, dauerte die Reise letztlich fast fünf Jahre. An Bord war auch der junge Theologe und Hobby-Naturforscher – der 22jährige Charles Darwin. Eigentlich wollte er die Reise nutzen, um die Vielfalt der göttlichen Schöpfung kennen zu lernen und zu beschreiben. Die Erkenntnisse allerdings, die er auf der Reise gewonnen hat, waren für ihn die Grundlage seiner Evolutionstheorie - eine Theorie, die das damalige, gängige Weltbild erschütterten.

Anfang diesen Jahres konnte ich endlich den Plan verwirklichen und auf Darwins Spuren Patagonien bereisen. Ein Gänsehaut-Moment war es, als wir einen Hügel bestiegen und auf die Wulaia-Bucht blickten - die Bucht, in der Kapitän Fitzroy die erste Begegnung mit einheimischen Indianern hatte (die daraus resultierende Geschichte ist weltbekannt). Dort wo unser Expeditionsschiff ankerte, ankerte vor fast 200 Jahren vielleicht auch die HMS Beagle. Patagonien ist ein noch einigermassen unberührter Flecken Erde geblieben. Seine Rauheit hat ihn bewahrt - und macht seinen Charme aus.

-Simplicius Simplicissimus

„With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly surprising that I should have influenced to such an extent what men believe. Indeed, I was considered by my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy - rather below the common standard in intellect. As for the voyage with the Beagle, it was by far the most important event in my life - it determined my whole career.“

-Charles Darwin

[whats-in-a-sentence]

When on board H.M.S Beagle, as a naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts on the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent.

"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" - Charles Darwin

[t-jfh]

‘World’s most exciting classroom’ sets sail on Charles Darwin’s trail.

By Rob Harris

The Age - 15 August 2023

Under threat, the Galápagos still stuns in every way.

Long after the Galápagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin, they've become a natural selection for bucket-listers.

By Brook Turner

Good Weekend - July 28, 2023

The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

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and I have this art with beta—

I also have a lot of sketches that I hope to finish in the near future (don't pay attention to the fact that there're a lot of Howdy here....)

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I don't know what else to show you, so I'll show you (the old ones) art for my mutual :]

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[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i think i need a lobotomy

[thecluelessdoctor]

persona remake

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Also have WH Version

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[ltwilliammowett]

A marine chronometer used on the second voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequently for the North American Boundary Expedition, 1830s

[geritsel]

Conrad Martens - Sketchbook pages with impressions of from the voyage of the HMS Beagle, which he made in company of Charles Darwin. 1833-35.

[mycological-mariner]

Oh no, not an old hyper fixation coming back to take over my life noooo

[the-best-bagel]

despite the beagles being the revolution house i feel like the blions would be better suited to an utena AU. they just have more of that 'working to perpetuate the systems that make them miserable' swag

[tanadrin]

It would be fun if we went back to referring to books by their incipit instead of giving them titles. James Joyce’s magnum opus Stately plump Buck Mulligan. Charles Dickens’ famous It was the best of times. Darwin’s seminal When on board HMS Beagle.

[probablynot-john]

I love the unique dynamic of jedtavius so much, but why does everyone usually pit Jed as the dumb one?Jedediah Strong Smith was an accomplished explorer with a decent education, who could fully read and write in a time when literacy wasnt always standard (he also learned some latin, fanfiction writers do with that what you will). Meanwhile, Octavius not only probably believes the earth is flat but genuinely believes that the sun revolves around the earth. It doesn't come into conversation much, so no one has corrected him. (Heliocentrism wasn't really accepted until the mid 1700s).

Not to say that Jed doesn't have his own historical misconceptions. The theory of evolution didn't really get off the ground until well into the 1800s, and the real Jedediah Smith died in 1831 (same year Charwin left on the HMS Beagle). So he probably initially thought Rexy was some kind of dragon monster.

It's weird the think about wat the early days of the museum were like before everyone figured what was really going on.

But imagine, Octavius makes some off handed comment about falling off the "edge of the earth"

Jed: what in the Sam hill are you talking about partner?🤨

Octavius *loves Jedediah dearly, but genuinely thinks that he's a sweet simple bafoon sometimes* because the world is flat my love. Don't be embarrassed for not knowing that😊

Eventually, this leads to a fight bad enough that they need Larry to intervene. From then on, once a week, Larry holds family meetings so the exhibits can ask questions about the outside world and update their knowledge.

[amnhnyc]

On this day in 1831, 22-year-old Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle for a trip around the world. For most of the next five years, the Beagle surveyed the coast of South America, leaving Darwin free to explore the continent and islands, including the Galápagos. He filled dozens of notebooks with careful observations on animals, plants, and geology, and collected thousands of specimens, which he sent home for further study. Darwin later called the Beagle voyage "by far the most important event in my life," saying it "determined my whole career."

Portrait of Charles Darwin by George Richmond