My next stop was the Ascension Islands and we have travelled far along the coast where nothing much grows. There are not many plants but there are lots of animals here; six hundred sheep, goats, horses, cows, birds and guinea fowls. There are also some cats to catch the mice and rats. There are no [...]
I am on HMS Beagle. I found out that coral was all around the island. The name island is called The Abrolhos Archipelago and the island was very nice. I found out that it is made of five rocky islands surrounded by large areas of coral reef-part of the largest coral reef formation in the South [...]
After I left the coast of Australia I sailed to the East Indian Ocean. I then arrived at the Coco Islands, or in English, the Keeling Islands. I was able to fully explore the Islands and I had the opportunity to explore the reefs as well as the land. There were two species of fire coral and many [...]
I am in Cape Town South Africa today, at Simon's Bay. We are going to stay here for the next couple of days but the other day we went to explore one of the neighbouring countries. We saw so little, I had nothing to report. On some of our days we visited a village called Paarl. It is [...]
After a long boat ride we have finally arrived in Sydney, Australia. The crew of the HMS Beagle made a 120 mile excursion into the interior to the village of Bathurst, via the blue mountains, so that we could get a general idea of the country's appearance. I did not get to explore the natural wildlife of Sydney [...]
Mauritius The Beagle has now crossed the Indian Ocean, and has stopped at Mauritius. The Beagle has anchored at Port Louis on the western coast. I used the opportunity to explore the geology of the island, as usual. I took an excursion south of Port Louis to Le Pouce - the third highest mountain on the island. [...]
We are now in the port of Callao, seven miles from Lima. We are making a trip to the island of San Lorenzo just off the coast of Lima. We have the opportunity to examine the ruins of the 1746 Lima-Callao earthquake. I have found fossils and shells on the island that I will look [...]
The H.M.S Beagle finally arrived in Falmouth, after nearly a five year journey. I got a coach straight home to Shrewsbury two days later. Soon, after I had arrived home, I started the long work of classification and sorting out my specimens and writing up my wide-scooping notes and observations. I eventually published several works [...]
After leaving the Galapagos islands, we got on the ship, (H.M.S Beagle), and set sail for Tahiti. It was a journey of 3,200 miles. When we all got to Tahiti I went to observe the coral reefs off the island. We took a few trips down to the coral reefs. They were located all over the island of Tahiti. [...]
Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina/Chile [...]