And in the 1800s, Charles Darwin sailed to the region's rustic frontier aboard the HMS Beagle. Tierra del ... Sitting on the Strait of Magellan, the charming town of Porvenir serves as a base ...
HMS beagle in the Straits of Magellan Leaving home in 1831 at just 22, Darwin's first stop on the Beagle voyage was Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. In his diaries, the ship's captain, Robert ...