Summary Coming back from a land expedition there is a strong debate between FitzRoy and Darwin regarding the firm religious conviction of FitzRoy and the scientific thoughts of Darwin, that beclouds the friendship between them. Not satisfied with the results of the mapping, FitzRoy decides to go back to Rio de la Plata. Darwin takes the opportunity to travel over land to Buenos Aires, learning the cruelty of the white race against the indigenous people. Sailing back to Fireland, the moral of the crew weakens and crew members are dying. Finally they reach the Pacific and Valparaiso. Darwin joins a trek across the Andes. He finds fossils in a height of 4000 m, leading him to a theory, that something must have created the Andes from beneath the sea to the height of more than 5000 meters.

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