Charles DARWIN - august 29, 1831
J.S. Henslow just offered me a spot on the HMS Beagle as a Naturalist to survey South America. We’re leaving in 4 weeks and the party doesn't stop for two years. Sounds like a lot of fun. (1)
charles DARWIN - december 27, 1831
We had some stuff holding us up, but we’re finally leaving port. I’m going to check out so many rocks. This is going to be awesome! (2)
CHARLES DARWIN - DECEMBER 28, 1831
I'm sea sick. This was a horrible idea. I want to go home. :( (3)
charles DARWIN - january 7, 1832
I made a pretty sweet plankton net. I’m going to go catch some stuff now. (4)
charles Darwin - january 11, 1832
I CAUGHT LITTLE ANIMALS WITH MY NET. THIS IS SO COOL. (5)
charles Darwin - December 20, 1831
Being a naturalist is so cool. I think I might write a book about the geology of all the places I’m going. Everyone will want to read it. (6)
CHARLES DARWIN - January 21, 1832
I'm reading the first volume of Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology. This is probably the best geology book ever written. Nothing compares. (7)
Charles Darwin- january 24, 1832
Captain FitzRoy just drew the most epic picture of a tree. It’s called a Baobab and it’s supposed to be more than a thousand years old. Check out his mad drawing skills. (8)
Conrad Martens
Lol, that’s supposed to be a tree? It looks like an awkward triangle.
charles Darwin - february 28, 1832
Hey guys, I’m in a rainforest in Brazil. This place is tight. (9)
charles Darwin - september 22, 1832
Checkin’ out fossils in Argentina. (10)
charles Darwin - march 15, 1833
Popped open some rocks in the Falkland Islands and found some fossils. Best fossil hunter ever. (11)
Syms Covington
That’s so cool! What kind of fossils?
charles Darwin
Brachiopods. I'm pretty legit.
Syms Covington
You know those are all over the place, right?
charles Darwin
Jelly much?
CHARLES DARWIN - FEBRUARY 12, 1834
It's my 25th birthday today. Capt. FitzRoy named a mountain after me. He's a pretty cool guy. (12)
Robert Fitzroy
Happy birthday, Darwin!
charles Darwin - march 6, 1834
In Tierra del Fuego, checking out coral. (13)
CHARLES DARWIN - March 23, 1835
So I'm hanging out at the Andes Mountains and I notice there's this huge difference between the vegetation of these eastern valleys and that of the opposite side, but the climate and soil is pretty much exactly the same. I'm thinking that the Andes have been around for so long that whole races of animals must have died out since they were formed. So, unless the same species were created in two different places, there shouldn't be any more similarity between the plants and animals on opposite sides of the Andes as those separated by a broad strait of the sea. This is assuming we don't count the animals that could have crossed the mountains or sea. It's just like in Principles of Geology where the geographical distribution of animals as influenced by geological changes. Neat stuff. The whole reasoning, of course, is founded on the assumption of the immutability of species. Otherwise the changes might be considered as superinduced by different circumstances in the two regions during a length of time. Science. (14)
charles Darwin - october 12, 1835
Lol, I’m going to eat a tortoise. #YOLO (15)
John Wickham
That’s disgusting, Darwin.
charles darwin
You’re just jealous. Don't hate the player; hate the game.
charles darwin
Guys, I’m sick again :(
John Wickham
...
CHARLES DARWIN
It's just the boat...
charles Darwin - september 15, 1835
I’M RIDING A TORTOISE AND CHECKING OUT BOOBIES, GUYS. THIS GALAPAGOS IS BALLIN’. (16)
charles Darwin - July 12, 1836
Alright guys, this is going to sound crazy but I think birds can change into different birds. Check this out. There are these Galapagos mocking birds that looks and act almost exactly like this bird from Chile and some other one from La Planta. Like, seriously, I can’t find a single difference in their habits. They’re only a little different physically, so I think they’re just varieties of the same bird. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. (17)
John Lort-Stokes
Darwin… you’re crazy. Species don’t change.
charles Darwin
OMG, I think foxes and goats can change too! I'm going to do so much science and prove it to the world. Just you wait. (18)
CHARLES DARWIN - October 2, 1836
Alright, we're back at Falmouth,
England. That was a wild ride. And it only took a few more years than we thought it would, so that's pretty cool. I've got some stuff to write about. Peace. (19)
(1) Henslow, J. S. to Darwin, C. R., 24 Aug 1831, Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-105. Accessed
on Wed May 1 2013.
(2) Darwin, Charles, and R. D. Keynes. Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). 17.
(3) Ibid.
(4) Darwin, Charles, and R. D. Keynes. Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. (Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1988). 21.
(5) Ibid 22.
(6) Darwin, Charles, and Barlow, Nora. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. With the original omissions restored. Edited and with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow. (London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1958). 81.
(7) Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. 29.
(8) Ibid 27.
(9) Ibid 41-42.
(10) Ibid 106.
(11) Ibid 146-147.
(12) David Leff, “Outline of Darwin's Beagle voyage” last modified September 4, 2011, AboutDarwin.com, http://www.aboutdarwin.com/timeline/time_04.html#0030.
(13) Darwin, Charles, and R. D. Keynes.Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). 194-204.
(14) Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. 311-312.
(15) Darwin, Charles, and G. R. Chancellor.Charles Darwin's notebooks from the voyage of the Beagle. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). [36b]
(16) Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. 262.
(17) Ibid.
(18) Ibid.
(19) Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. 447.
(2) Darwin, Charles, and R. D. Keynes. Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). 17.
(3) Ibid.
(4) Darwin, Charles, and R. D. Keynes. Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. (Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1988). 21.
(5) Ibid 22.
(6) Darwin, Charles, and Barlow, Nora. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. With the original omissions restored. Edited and with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow. (London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1958). 81.
(7) Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. 29.
(8) Ibid 27.
(9) Ibid 41-42.
(10) Ibid 106.
(11) Ibid 146-147.
(12) David Leff, “Outline of Darwin's Beagle voyage” last modified September 4, 2011, AboutDarwin.com, http://www.aboutdarwin.com/timeline/time_04.html#0030.
(13) Darwin, Charles, and R. D. Keynes.Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). 194-204.
(14) Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. 311-312.
(15) Darwin, Charles, and G. R. Chancellor.Charles Darwin's notebooks from the voyage of the Beagle. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). [36b]
(16) Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. 262.
(17) Ibid.
(18) Ibid.
(19) Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. 447.