Beagle expedition

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific research
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Voyage_of_the_Beagle
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Robert_FitzRoy
gptkbp:duration 5 years
gptkbp:endDate 1836
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Plymouth,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beagle expedition
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:On_the_Origin_of_Species
gptkbp:notableEvent Darwin's collection of specimens
mapping of South American coastline
survey of the coast of South America
encounter with indigenous peoples
Darwin's illness in South America
FitzRoy's meteorological observations
return to England in 1836
visit to Galápagos Islands
gptkbp:notableFinds Darwin's finches
geological observations
fossil mammals in South America
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:purpose scientific research
hydrographic survey
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:The_Voyage_of_the_Beagle_(book)
development of Darwin's theory of evolution
gptkbp:returnedTo gptkb:Falmouth,_England
gptkbp:route gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Chile
gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Mauritius
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Peru
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:Tierra_del_Fuego
gptkb:Galápagos_Islands
Tahiti
Cape Verde Islands
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:HMS_Beagle
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate 1831
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tierra_Del_Fuego
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8