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Second voyage of HMS Beagle Beagle at Ponsonby Sound in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, in March 1834; painting by the ship's draughtsman Conrad Martens Leader Robert FitzRoy Start 27 December 1831 (1831-12-27) End 2 October 1836 (1836-10-02) Goal Survey South American coast Ships HMS Beagle Achievements Research leading to Darwin's theory of evolution Route The second voyage of HMS ...
The book includes one of the earliest accounts of the process of magmatic differentiation. [2] While observing a basaltic lava flow in the Galápagos Islands , Darwin observed that "crystals sink from their weight" [ 3 ] [ note 1 ] and that this "throws light on the separation of the high silica versus low silica series of rocks."
Santa Cruz II is a cruise ship operating around the Galapagos Islands for Metropolitan Touring. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The ship can accommodate 90 guests housed in 50 cabins over three decks. [ 3 ]
The ages of the islands, from west to east are 0.05 Ma for Fernandina, 0.65 Ma for Isabela, 1.10 Ma for Santiago, 1.7 Ma for Santa Cruz, 2.90 Ma for Santa Fe, and 3.2 Ma for San Cristobal. The calderas on Sierra Negra and Alcedo have active fault systems. The Sierra Negra fault is associated with a sill 2 km (1.
The expedition brought back several living reptiles: Hon. Gifford Pinchot, who cruised the Pacific on a notable expedition, brought home with him for the National Zoological Park a specimen of the almost extinct Duncan Island tortoise, a Hood Island tortoise, four Albemarle tortoises, and three land iguanas, all from the Galapagos.
A travel itinerary is a schedule of events relating to planned travel, generally including destinations to be visited at specified times and means of transportation to move between those destinations. For example, both the plan of a business trip and the route of a road trip, or the proposed outline of one, are travel itineraries.
Four whaleboats, 20–30 feet (6.1–9.1 m), plus one spare Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket , Massachusetts , which was launched in 1799. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr. , the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale .
Pages 1 and 2, dated 16 December 1831, outline events from Darwin arriving home on 29 August to his arrival at Devonport on 24 October. [10] From page 3 onwards he adopts a consistent layout, with month, the year and place in a heading at the top, page number in a top corner, and the day of the month in the margin at each entry.