The Voyage of Charles Darwin

I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of that Great Fact, That Mystery of Mysteries (1x5)

: 28, 1978

In 1835 an earthquake destroyed the town of Concepcion in Southern Chile. The effect of it was felt on board the Beagle, and a few days later Darwin witnessed the devastation for himself. It confirmed his view that the whole range of the Andes had been pushed up from the bed of the ocean.