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
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.
Robert FitzRoy
Darwin in 1840, after the voyage and publication of his Journal and Remarks
The Voyage of the Beagle
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The Voyage of the Beagle, originally published as Journal and Remarks, is an 1839 book written by Charles Darwin, covering his research and activities during the second survey expedition of the ship H
Second voyage of HMS Beagle
…voyage. By the end of the expedition, Darwin had made his name as a geologist, and fossil collector, and the publication of his journal (later known as The Voyage of the Beagle) gave him wide renown as a writer. Beagle sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, and then carried out detailed hydrographic surveys around the coasts of…
Illustration from Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology