FitzRoy, R.N., sailed from Devonport. The second voyage of HMS Beagle The second voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 has become one of the most significant voyages of exploration in maritime history. On December 27, 1831, the HMS. The famous 1831-36 voyage of His Majesty's Ship (HMS) Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist, was a voyage in service of the Creator. Most of the trip was spent sailing around South America. Darwin certainly achieved this, keeping detailed notebooks of geology and zoology as well as collecting specimens. Resource Library | Map HMS Beagle: Darwin’s Trip around the World Charles Darwin sailed around the world from 1831–1836 as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle.His experiences and observations helped him develop the theory of evolution through natural selection. The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after the previous captain committed suicide. Charles Darwin's famed HMS Beagle voyage began the 27th of December 1831, and it ended the 2nd of October 1836. The specimens and observations accumulated on this voyage gave Darwin the essential materials for his theory of evolution by natural selection. Beagle set sail from Plymouth Sound under captain Robert FitzRoy [4] with the young graduate Charles Darwin on board for her 5 years voyage. In 1831, in his twenties and fresh out of university, Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle on the expedition of a lifetime, into literally uncharted waters and a series of discoveries that would form the basis of his later pioneering work on the origin of species. A VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. He was the first officer during the second voyage of HMS Beagle. He filled dozens of notebooks with careful observations on animals, plants and geology, and collected thousands of … for its long surveying mission. In helping secure the safety of British shipping, the survey fulfilled the Cultural Mandate of Genesis 1:28 to subdue and rule the earth. ON Dec. 27, 1831, H.M.S. In 1831, Charles Darwin received an astounding invitation: to join the HMS Beagle as ship's naturalist for a trip around the world. For most of the next five years, the Beagle surveyed the coast of South America, leaving Darwin free to explore the continent and islands, including the Galápagos. The Biodiversity Heritage Library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. HMS Beagle is best known as the ship on which naturalist Charles Darwin sailed during 1831 to 1836. Charles Darwin was on board. Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Capt. The Beagle, a warship carrying ten cannons, sailed in 1826 to explore the coastline of South America. As a survey ship the Beagle undertook significant work in Australian waters. Darwin was a naturalist's person who observes and studies the natural world. In 1831 at the age of 22, Charles Darwin was given the opportunity of travelling aboard a survey ship, HMS Beagle, as a naturalist. Episode 142. Using our map of HMS Beagle’s second voyage, find out about her route and some of the key scientific observations and collections made along the way.HMS Beagle left England for her second voyage on 27 December 1831 tasked with surveying the southern coast of South America.She was captained by Robert FitzRoy, …