How Did Charles Darwin Contribute To The Hms Beagle

The HMS Beagle was a British surveying ship that became famous for taking Darwin on the voyage (1831-1836); an experience, which led to the birth of his famous theory of evolution. The ship’s main aim was to carry out British Admiralty instructions, more closely, to complete and extend a previous hydrographical survey of the South American waters. Darwin earned his place as a gentleman collecting natural history specimens thanks to his interests and already outstanding knowledge besides being part of the Cambridge network and having the wealth to cover the costs of his journey as well as not being tied down by family commitments. The voyage shaped the way he saw the world, with more attention to observation of details and recording them than

Charles Darwin was born in 1809 as a son of a well-off and known doctor. The family lead a socially and intellectually active life and both of his grandfathers were renowned in their profession, as an evolutionary thinker and as a potter, respectively. His upper-middle class upbringing and financial security via prospects of comfortable inheritance served as a solid intellectual and financial background to his achievements. The intellectual, freethinking and scientific atmosphere combined with gentlemanly social standing, religious scepticism and manufacturing affluence enabled him not only to get the best education but to be open to ideas that challenged the status quo (the idea for example that people of colour are brothers under the skin). As boys of his social standing, he attended a private boys’ school and aspired to take over his father’s profession. His interest in the sciences and experiments appeared at an early age, but his life took a different turn when his father took him to Edinburgh Medical School to study medicine. Darwin’s initial interest in medicine turned into anxiety

The captain was looking for a gentleman to be his company for the voyage who would collect natural history specimens as well as being able to join with the ship’s activities and skilled in shooting and hunting. Before choosing Darwin to be the man for the position, a number of Cambridge professors were consulted, but men older than Darwin could not allow themselves to leave their work and family for years even though the voyage was an exciting opportunity that would enable them to advance their scientific interests. While Darwin was keen to accept the invitation, his father was opposed to this decision at least as much as to him abandoning his medical