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Birth
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England -
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Beagle Voyage
Charles Darwin started on the 'Beagle' voyage. Where he was sailing on the HMS Beagle where he spent 580 days at sea, 566 days at anchor, and 594 days on land. He departed from Davenport and was headed to the Canary Islands. He went to Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Galapagos Islands and many other places. John van Wyhe, editor. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/) -
The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle
He considered asking the government for help in writing this in early 1837, but then in May of that year got supported by the Duke of Somerset, the President of the Linnean Society, the Earl of Derby, and professor William Whewell. He introduced 'Fossil Mammalia' in part 1 and in part 2 introduced 'Mammalia'. John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online (http://darwin-online.org.uk/) -
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
With this book he wanted to make knowledge of what coral reefs are and where they were in the open ocean and how they became structured like they were. It uses his and others to describe those things. John van Wyhe, editor. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/) -
The Origin of Species
This novel was to describe how he saw the different species of finches as well as the tortoises. The were very similar in look, but were very different. Some finches from certain islands had small beaks so that means that they would've had to adapt so that they could eat as well with the bigger beaked finches. John van Wyhe, editor. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/) -
Death
Charles was buried in Westminster Abbey on April 26, 1882.
