Atlas: Expeditions Through Time

Place

Callao

The principal port of Lima, visited by HMS Beagle and later used as Kon-Tiki’s departure harbour.

Coordinates-12.05, -77.14

Related expeditions

28 April 1947–7 August 1947

Kon-Tiki Expedition

Thor Heyerdahl and five companions crossed the eastern Pacific on a balsa raft from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands.

27 December 1831–2 October 1836

Voyage of HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle sailed on a five-year Royal Navy surveying voyage under Robert FitzRoy. Charles Darwin travelled as a self-funded naturalist, spending long periods ashore collecting specimens and recording the geology, plants, animals, and societies he encountered.

Sources and further reading

  1. Kon-Tiki, 1947, The Kon-Tiki Museum. Purpose, departure, raft, crew, and voyage context.
  2. Darwin’s Itinerary on the Voyage of the Beagle, The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. Day-by-day chronology, historical place names, coordinates, ports, shore excursions, and Beagle positions.
  3. Wikidata Geographic Coordinates, Wikimedia Foundation and Wikidata contributors. CC0 geographic coordinates used to verify unambiguous named places during the July 2026 coordinate audit. This source supports contemporary point placement only, not historical route or chronology claims.
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