On 20th February, 1835, Charles Darwin was lying down in a wood having a rest in Valvidia, Southern Chile, when he experienced a major earthquake.
20-Feb-1835: Darwin witnesses an earthquake
voyage of the beagle (book)
If everyone else is quote-mining Darwin, why shouldn't I?
Darwin on the delights of English country walks.
25-Nov-1835: HMS Beagle entertains a royal visitor
...in the large, awkward shape of Queen Pōmarre of Tahiti.
Darwin has a go at the Catholic church
Fuelled, perhaps, by his hatred of slavery.
Darwin eats an excellent cat
As a former card-carrying member of the Glutton Club, Charles Darwin was pretty unsqueamish when it came to sampling strange flesh, but he did not at all relish the idea of eating calf foetus while travelling is South America. Fortunately, it turned out to be something decidedly more appetising: We did not reach the posta…