21 Jan 2014: "The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego ... to survey the shores of Chile and Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific- and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World" -Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle
The goal wasn't to obliterate creationism and there's no mention of natural history. This was, more or less, a test of new equipment and mapping trip. There was a ship's naturalist and Darwin was on board as Fitzroy's personal naturalist. My guess is that those funding this trip were also interested in new natural products for the Empire.
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Took my Ecology class out to our urban park to ID, count, and take dbh of trees. The park was once a zoo and is now a natural area. If you want to see invasive species this is the place. The ground is covered in Japanese knotweed and Japanese hops. However, the overstory is all native trees such as silver maple and black locust. The students were troopers despite the cold. Next week we'll take that data and produce some pretty graphs and see if tree densities differ between the forest edge and interior.
21 Jan 2014: "The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego ... to survey the shores of Chile and Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific- and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World" -Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle
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