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Evolution: One Long Argument
Featured Course Activity
In late December of 1831 Charles Darwin left England aboard the Beagle bound for South America and points beyond. He had signed on as ship's naturalist and for the next five years he would gather specimens, see the wonders of the world, and ponder how what he was seeing could be reconciled with the science of the day.
Throughout the voyage Darwin kept a detailed journal that was later published as his first book, The Voyage of the Beagle. (available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/944)
In this activity from the course you can follow along, tracking the voyage of the Beagle and seeing the places that Darwin visited. In his writings Darwin pondered the age of the earth, the amazing diversity of species he encountered, and the evidence that many creatuers had become extinct, all topics would greatly influence his later work.
The Voyage of the Beagle - An interactive map-based application
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