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A naturalist´s Voyage Round the World. HMS Beagle LEGO model, vignett
lpglego posted a topic in Pirate MOCs
Between 1831 and 1836, the survey ship HMS Beagle and its crew made an exploration trip around the world. This LEGO project consist in the LEGO model of the HMS Beagle (at minifig scale) and four vignettes with key moments of the voyage: Patagonia, Andes Mountains, Galapagos Islands and Tahiti. It features many minifigures, including Charles Darwin and Captain Fitzroy. You can find more pictures in my flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk4CCjHX This actual model is based on my LEGO Ideas project HMS Beagle, that reached the 10k supporters and now is in Review. I made the LEGO Ideas project with LDD, but also I built this real model and vignettes for displaying at my home. HMS Beagle Darwin in the tropical forest (Brazil)."The day has past delightfully. Delight itself, however is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy Green of the foliage, but above all the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration." Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches Darwin exploring Pampas and Patagonia with a gaucho. "There is high enjoyment in the independence of the Gaucho life -to be able in any moment to pull up your horse, and say here we will pass the night". Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches Darwin exploring Tierra del Fuego. The Beagle channel was named after the HMS Beagle. Darwin crossing the Andes Mountains, guided by an "arriero". "The condors may oftentimes be seen at a great height, soaring over a certain spot in the most graceful circles. On some ocasions I am sure that they do this only for pleasure, but in others, the Chileno countryman tells you that they are watching a dying animal..." Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches. Darwin riding a tortoise in the Galapagos Islands. "I frequently got on their backs, and then giving a few raps on the hinder part of their shells, they would rise up and walk away- but I found it very difficult to keep my balance". Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches Darwin in Tahiti. "Numbers of children were playing in the beach, and had lighted bonfires which illumined the placid sea and surrounding trees; others, in circles, were singing tahitian verses. We seated ourselves on the sand, and joined the party". Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches. "Pine-apples are here so abundant that the people eat them in the same wasteful manner as we might turpins. They are of an excellent flavour". Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches. HMS Beagle. Forecastle detail HMS Beagle. Stern detail Robert Fitzroy, captain of the HMS Beagle HMS Beagle. Conrad Martens, ship´s artist Darwin and Syms Covington. Syms Covington was Darwin´s assistant.