Evolution:
Chronology of voyage
Background information about Darwinian evolution, Primordial Earth and Dennett.
Includes information about Darwin's original theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Information about what modern scientists think of infant Earth.
What Daniel Dennett (philosopher) thinks of evolution.
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December 27, 1831 departure from Davenport
January 18 to February 8, 1832 Cape Verde Islands
February 28 to March 18, 1832 Bahia
April 4 to July 5, 1832 Rio de Janeiro
April 8 to April 23, 1832 excursions to various estates in inland
July 26 to August 19, 1832 Montevideo
September 6 to October 17, 1832 Bahia Blanca
November 2 to November 26, 1832 Montevideo
December 16 to February 26, 1833 Tierra del Fuego
March 1 to April 6, 1833 Falkland Islands
April 28 to July 23, 1833 Maldonado
August 3 to August 24, 1833 mouth of the Rio Negro
August 11 to August 17, 1833 excursion from El Carmen to Bahia Blanca
August 24 to October 6, 1833 surveying the Argentinean coast
September 8 to September 20, 1833 excursion from Bahia Blanca to Buenos
Aires
October 6 to October 19, 1833 excursion to Santa Fe and along the Parana
October 21 to December 6, 1833 Montevideo
November 14 to November 28, 1833 excursion to Mercedes
December 23, 1833 to January 4, 1834 Port Desire
January 9 to January 19, 1834 Port Saint Julian
January 29 to March 7, 1834 Tierra del Fuego
March 10 to April 7, 1834 Falkland Islands
April 13 to May 12, 1834 Santa Cruz river
April 18 to May 8, 1834 excursion up the Santa Cruz river
June 28 to July 13, 1834 Chiloe
July 31 to November 19, 1834 Valparaiso
August 14 to September 27, 1834 excursion into the Andes
November 21, 1834 to September 27, 1835 Chiloe Chonos archipelago
February 8 to February 22, 1835 Valdivia
March 4 to March 7, 1835 Concepcion
March 11 to March 17, 1835 Valparaiso
March 13 to April 10, 1835 excursion from Santiago, across the Andes to
Mendoza
March 27 to April 17, 1835 neighborhood of Concepcion
April 17 to June 27, 1835 Chilean coast
April 27 to July 4, 1835 excursion to Coquimbo and Copiapo
July 12 to July 15, 1835 Peru
July 19 to September 7, 1835 Callao
September 16 to October 20, 1835 Galapagos Islands
November 15 to November 26, 1835 Tahiti
December 21 to December 30, 1835 New Zealand
January 12 to January 30, 1836 Sidney
February 2 to February 17, 1836 Hobart, Tasmania
March 3 to March 14, 1836 King George's Sound
April 2 to April 12, 1836 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
April 29 to May 9, 1836 Mauritius
May 31 to June 18, 1836 Cape of Good Hope
July 7 to July 14, 1836 St. Helena
July 19 to July 23, 1836 Ascencion Island
August 1 to August 6, 1836 Bahia
August 12 to August 17, 1836 Pernambuco
October 2, 1836 arrival at Falmouth