Atlas: Expeditions Through Time

Place

Valparaíso

A major Chilean Pacific port used by scientific and surveying voyages.

Coordinates-33.05, -71.62

Related expeditions

21 December 1872–May 1876

HMS Challenger Expedition

A converted naval vessel crossed the world’s oceans with laboratories, scientists, and new instruments for sounding, sampling, and observing the deep sea.

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. The HMS Challenger: The Expedition that Discovered the Ocean, Smithsonian Ocean. Voyage scope, scientific objectives, route, and legacy.
  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.
Open in the interactive atlas