HMS Beagle

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ship
gptkbp:armament 10 guns
gptkbp:beam 24 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:F._&_J._Barnard
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Robert_FitzRoy
gptkbp:crewSize approximately 20
gptkbp:displacement 200 tons
gptkbp:draft 10 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for breaking up
gptkbp:feedback gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1837
gptkbp:historicalEvent influence on ecology
influence on botany
influence on environmental science
influence on evolutionary biology
influence on paleontology
influence on zoology
influence on anthropology
influence on marine biology
study of coral reefs
influence on geology
first scientific expedition to the Galapagos
influence on biogeography
influence on natural selection theory
Darwin's_observations
mapping_of_the_southern_coast_of_South_America
study_of_flora_and_fauna
study_of_geology_in_South_America
gptkbp:historicalResearch geology
natural history
marine biology
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Darwin's_theory_of_evolution
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Beagle
gptkbp:launched 1820
gptkbp:length 90 feet
gptkbp:missionsConducted scientific exploration
mapping coastlines
collecting specimens
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Richard_Owen
gptkb:John_Lort_Stokes
gptkb:Joseph_Dalton_Hooker
Thomas Huxley
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:notableFeature first voyage (1826-1830)
second voyage (1831-1836)
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:HMS_Beagle
Beagle
gptkbp:services gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:type sloop
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Australia
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:Tierra_del_Fuego
gptkb:Galapagos_Islands