Around the world, 1831–1836
Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle
Five years at sea that led Charles Darwin to the theory of evolution.
- Stops
- 12
- Straight-line distance
- ≈ 53,251 km
- Look
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The stops
- 1
Plymouth
Plymouth, England
Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth Hoe
Sailing ship · 4,310 km - 2
Cape Verde
Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
Praia from the air, Cape Verde
Sailing ship · 3,513 km - 3
Salvador
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia
Sailing ship · 1,212 km - 4
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guanabara Bay and Sugarloaf, Rio
Sailing ship · 4,112 km - 5
Tierra del Fuego
Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Argentina
Les Éclaireurs, Beagle Channel
Sailing ship · 2,434 km - 6
Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
Valparaíso harbour and hills
Sailing ship · 4,038 km - 7
Galápagos
San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Giant tortoise, Galápagos
Sailing ship · 6,795 km - 8
Tahiti
Matavai Bay, Tahiti
Matavai Bay, Tahiti (William Hodges, 1776)
Sailing ship · 4,097 km - 9
Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Sailing ship · 2,096 km - 10
Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour
Sailing ship · 11,013 km - 11
Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Table Mountain from Table Bay (Baines, 1848)
Sailing ship · 9,631 km - 12
Falmouth
Falmouth, England
Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall
Photo credits
From Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Each credit also shows in the corner of the video while its photo is on screen.
- Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth Hoe by Andrew Bone · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Praia from the air, Cape Verde by David Trainer · Public domain · source
- Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia by Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Guanabara Bay and Sugarloaf, Rio by Arian Zwegers · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Les Éclaireurs, Beagle Channel by UCaetano (English Wikipedia) · CC BY 2.5 · source
- Valparaíso harbour and hills by ---=XEON=--- (Panoramio) · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Giant tortoise, Galápagos by Lt. Elizabeth Crapo, NOAA Corps · Public domain · source
- Matavai Bay, Tahiti (William Hodges, 1776) by William Hodges · Public domain · source
- Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand by David Broad · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour by Jorge Láscar · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Table Mountain from Table Bay (Baines, 1848) by Thomas Baines · Public domain · source
- Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall by Tim Green · CC BY 2.0 · source
