Karl Marx (1818-1883) writer journalist

Grew up in Germany, Paris, went to London in 1849
Father a Lawyer, Grandfather a Rabbi, Trier's Rabbis going back 100 years.
Mother's father a Rabbi.
Children (girls) socialists, also descendants, a couple suiciding before they got to be 70.


Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Left England on Beagle's second voyage to Tierra del Fuego (South America) 27 Dec 1831

17 Jan 1832 got to Cape Verde island off Senegal (named after Cap Vert in West Africa)
28 Feb 1832 Got to Bahia, Brazil
4 Apr 1832 Got to Rio de Janeiro
Jul 1832 Uruguay
Aug 1832 Argentina
1833     Argentina
1834     Chile
Saw a 4 tonne Megatherium (Giant Sloth 5 million years - 2.5 million years old)

Sep 1835 Got to Galapagos Islands (Ecuador-Equator)
30 Oct Sailed to Tahiti
15 Nov Reached Tahiti

19 Dec Reached New Zealand. Stayed 11 days. Not impressed with natives, "filthy homes", also runaway convicts from Aus.
Missionary Richard Matthews, who had been with ship since start left there in NZ with his brother who was ministering in what Darwin considered much improved surroundings. 

12 Jan 1836  Sydney, went to Hobart, and King George Sound, South Coast just below Swan River Colony. Impressed with quiet respectability of aborigines.

1 Apr 1836 Keeling (Cocos) Islands

29 Apr  Mauritius (1598-1710 Dutch, 1715-1810 French, 1810+ British U.K. formalized in 1814)

31 May South Africa

2 Oct 1836 Arrived back in London to huge acclaim.

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