Ecuador: Darwin's Adventure to the Galapagos (TRIH ep 283)
1835 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Ecuador primarily through Charles Darwin's time on the Beagle and his visit to the Galapagos Islands. Holland outlines Darwin's role as a geologist-naturalist aboard the Beagle, the ship's extended five-year survey, and the intellectual questions about species that began to intrigue Darwin. They describe the Galapagos' volcanic landscape, its tame but distinctive wildlife — iguanas, giant tortoises and numerous finches and mockingbirds — and how obser...
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Around 1835
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Industrial Revolution ends (1840)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Victorian era (1837)
- Abolition of slavery in British Empire (1833)
- Irish Potato Famine (1845)
- First passenger railway opens (1825)
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)