AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -San Cristobal Island was the first island Charles Darwin visited arriving to the Galapagos on September 16th, 1835. The Beagle anchored in a calm bay on the south of the island, near the actual capital of the Galapagos. The Beagle spent eight days surveying the coast.

Detailed explanation-2: -On September 15, 1835 on the return route across the Pacific, the Beagle arrived in the Galapagos Islands. Darwin disembarked on San Cristóbal (September 17-22), Floreana (September 24-27), Isabela (September 29-October 2) and Santiago (October 8-17).

Detailed explanation-3: -At last on the way back to England after repatriating the Fuegians and devoting three years to Fitzroy’s survey of the coasts of Argentina and Chile, the Beagle arrived in the Galapagos Islands on 15 September 1835. The next day, Darwin landed on the western end of Chatham Island, now known as San Cristobal.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name of Charles Darwin and his famous book The Origin of Species will forever be linked with the Galapagos Islands. Although he was only in the Galapagos for five weeks in 1835, it was the wildlife that he saw there that inspired him to develop his Theory of Evolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most of the trip was spent sailing around South America. There Darwin spent considerable time ashore collecting plants and animals. Darwin filled notebooks with his observations of plants, animals, and geology.