1831Charles Darwin's Voyage on HMS Beagle Begins

1831–1836: Charles Darwin's journey aboard HMS Beagle.
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🗺️ Captain James Cook's Pacific Ocean Mapping and Island Discoveries

1779: James Cook mapped the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean and discovered many Pacific Islands
Captain James Cook's Pacific Ocean Mapping and Island Discoveries (1768)
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🗺️ James Cook's Exploration and Mapping of New Zealand and Australia

1770: James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia.
James Cook's Exploration and Mapping of New Zealand and Australia (1769)
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🚢 Charles Darwin's Voyage on HMS Beagle Begins

1831–1836: Charles Darwin's journey aboard HMS Beagle.
Charles Darwin's Voyage on HMS Beagle Begins (1831)
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🧬 Darwin Publishes On the Origin of Species

Darwin Publishes On the Origin of Species (1859)
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🧬 Darwin and Wallace Publish Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Darwin and Wallace Publish Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection (1859)
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🚢 HMS Challenger Surveys the Challenger Deep

HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans, the Challenger Deep.
HMS Challenger Surveys the Challenger Deep (1875)
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