Darwin Island is one of the smallest islands in the Galápagos Archipelago, named for Charles Darwin because of his signifigant scientific discoveries in the Galápagos. Charles Darwin, originally from Shrewsbury, England, voyaged to the Galápagos Islands on the H.M.S. Beagle in the year 1831, where he invesigated both the geology and zoology of the area until the year 1836. Darwin journeled his findings of fossils, diversity of the land around him and the variation of species in the area throughout the five years he was exploring South America and the surrounding area.

The city from which Jean-Jaques Dessalines declared Haiti's independance from France on January 1st, 1804. Although Dessalines would go on to massacre the remaining Europeans in the country and establish a system of forced servitude for the freed slaves, the announcement of independance was the first indication of sovereignty by any Latin American state. It was the only successful slave rebellion in history, and it inspired much discussion relating to the abolition of slavery in the rest of the world.