Robert FitzRoy
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Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
Robert FitzRoy
Governor Robert FitzRoy and entourage visiting Māori conference and feast at Remuera, Auckland, on 11 May 1844
FitzRoy c. 1850
FitzRoy c. 1855
Second voyage of HMS Beagle
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The second survey expedition of HMS Beagle took place from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836. Robert FitzRoy, the newest commander of Beagle, had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard w
Robert FitzRoy
…who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during FitzRoy's famous survey expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone, which took Charles Darwin round the world. FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily…
Beagle at Ponsonby Sound in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, in March 1834; painting by the ship's draughtsman Conrad Martens.
Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle made by Thomas Earnshaw. British Museum, London.
Darwin in 1840, after the voyage and publication of his Journal and Remarks