This is the south flank of glaciated Cordillera Darwin ... on Tierra del Fuego, Chile, taken from the Beagle Channel. These peaks and fjords were named after exploration undertaken during Charles ...
Like most Europeans of the day, Darwin considers the tribal people of Tierra del Fuego "savages." He writes, "The sight of a naked savage in his native land is an event which can never be forgotten." ...
Religious fundamentalists today rail against Charles Darwin for challenging the account ... that he was invited on a surveying trip to Tierra del Fuego on board the Beagle, as a gentleman ...
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan first arrived here about 500 years ago, cruising through Tierra del Fuego's remote straits on a quest for Asian spices. And in the 1800s, Charles Darwin ...
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On This Day in 1831, Charles Darwin Embarked on a Journey That Led to His Groundbreaking Theory of Evolution by Natural SelectionSo begins The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin’s account of his trip ... “complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego … survey the shores of Chile, Peru and of some islands ...
Dhruv Shenai talks to Peter Mason about turning the The Voyage of the Beagle into a piece of travel literature ...
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