#the voyage of charles darwin

[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

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These wolves are well known, from Byron's account of their tameness and curiosity, which the sailors, who ran into the water to avoid them, mistook for fierceness.

"Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, 1832-36" - Charles Darwin

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So was it with these stones; the ocean is their eternity, and each note of that wild music told of one more step towards their destiny.

"Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, 1832-36" - Charles Darwin

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[endless-formsmostbeautiful]

HMS Beagle painted by Owen Stanley, 1841

On 27 December, 1831, the HMS Beagle set sail from Plymouth Sound, embarking on a voyage (the ship's second) that lasted over four years. Captain Robert Fitzroy was accompanied by a twenty-two-year-old Charles Darwin as an unofficial ship's naturalist, and observations made by Darwin during the voyage influenced the development of his theory of natural selection.

[oh-dear-so-queer]

The land is one great wild, untidy, luxuriant hothouse, made by Nature for herself, but taken possession of by man, who has studded it with gay houses and formal gardens.

"Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, 1832-36" - Charles Darwin

[2t2r]

l' arche de Darwin perd son sommet et devient les piliers de l'évolution

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l' arche de Darwin perd son sommet et devient les piliers de l'évolution

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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

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 29 May 2024

In this front garden the evergreen shrub Berberis darwinii (Darwin's barberry) has been allowed to grow much taller than usual as it is often prune into a hedge. It has been crown lifted and become a small tree and so the bark can be admired. This species was named after the naturalist Charles Darwin, who discovered it in 1835 during his voyage to South America. 

Jill Raggett

[reyolivier]

Beagle, un canal entre deux océans

« Le plus beau contraste jamais vu entre mer et glace »  - Charles Darwin durant sa navigation à bord du navire Le Beagle dans le détroit qui deviendra le canal de Beagle.

Entre les océans Pacifique et Atlantique, entre l’Argentine et le Chili, le canal de Beagle forme un détroit qui s’étend d’est en ouest sur 240 km de long et relie les deux océans. Ce bras de mer coupe la Terre de Feu en deux : la grande île au nord et un archipel formé d’une multitude de petites îles au sud.

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Beagle, a channel between two oceans

“The most beautiful contrast ever seen between sea and ice” - Charles Darwin during his navigation aboard the ship The Beagle in the strait that would become the Beagle Channel.

Between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, between Argentina and Chile, the Beagle Channel forms a strait that extends from east to west for 240 km long and connects the two oceans. This arm of the sea cuts Tierra del Fuego in two: the large island to the north and an archipelago made up of a multitude of small islands to the south.

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We stood out to sea, and on the second day again made the land, when we saw on our weather-bow this notorious promontory in its proper form – veiled in a mist, and its dim outline surrounded by a storm of wind and water.

"Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, 1832-36" - Charles Darwin

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On first seeing it, one is tempted to exclaim, 'A vilely stuffed specimen has escaped from some museum, and has come to life again!'

"Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, 1832-36" - Charles Darwin

[ltwilliammowett]

Plan of HMS Beagle - Middle section fore and aft, upper deck, 1832

In: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., with illustrations by R. T. Pritchett, 1832

[science-for-the-masses]

A documentary unveiling the specimens airs in the UK this Friday on Channel 5.