Caminos de Darwin, Montevidéu, Uruguay.
Image by ER’s Eyes – Our planet is so beautiful.
December 2019:
My next destination will be the final steps of this genius in South America, but precisely in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, the world’s leading living biology lab.
Charles Darwin at 22 years old visited the islands in 1835. Observation of the Galapagos species inspired his theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species in 1859.
"I loathe, I abhor the sea and all ships which sail on it."
Charles Darwin in 1836
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October 2015:
With the presence of Darwin’s great-grandson, environmentalist Randal Keynes, two plaques were recently inaugurated in Uruguay commemorating the passage of the famous British naturalist through the country in 1832/1833. Aboard the Beagle, Darwin toured in five years (1832-1836) many regions of the planet: Cape Verde, South America, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, the Indian Ocean Islands, and South Africa.
In Montevideo, the beautiful tile sign is placed in a historic location on the city’s port, in front of Las Bóvedas, Rambla. It was inaugurated on May 28 with the presence of the Minister of Education and Culture of that country, several other authorities and participants of the XI Meeting of the S&T Popularization Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (RedPOP).
In Maldonado, where Darwin stayed for several weeks in 1833, the plaque opened on May 29, in the former port region, next to the town’s Information Center. Two more plates will be placed in Colonia del Sacramento and Soriano.
Darwin’s Caminos project in Uruguay is being coordinated by the Associación Civil CienciaViva. The placement of the plates is sponsored by Petrobras, the city authorities and the National Agency for Investigation and Innovation (ANII). The project is also supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology.
PS. When they reached Brazil, Darwin was delighted by the tropical forest, but detested the sight of slavery, and disputed this issue with Fitzroy.
