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HMS Beagle on the Strait of Magellan, South America, originally published in an 1890 edition of Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle. Map tracing the global route of the HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage from 1831 to 1836. The red line shows the ship's journey from Plymouth, England, across the Atlantic to South America, around Cape Horn, through the Pacific including the Galapagos Islands, across the Indian Ocean, around Australia, and back to England via the South Atlantic, with key stops and dates labeled along the route. Map of southern South America showing Charles Darwin's journeys from February 1832 to September 1835, with red lines marking his routes over land and over water. The map traces his travels along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, through the Pampas, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and visits to the Falkland Islands and various coastal cities such as Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Valparaiso, and Rio de Janeiro. HMS Beagle

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Keith Stewart Thomson, HMS Beagle: The Story of Darwin’s Ship (1995), is a complete “biography” of the ship, its three voyages, and later fate, with chapters on the role of gun brigs in Royal Navy history and on the historical context of the voyages. Karl Heinz Marquardt, HMS Beagle (1997), offers a reconstruction of the ship and its history.

Keith S. Thomson

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The History Listen - The strange fate of Charles Darwin's ship The Beagle. Feb 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Official Site of The HMS Beagle Project. Jul 17, 2019
Media added. Jun 10, 2016
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of Charles Darwin. Oct 07, 2011
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Nov 15, 1999
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