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Writing tagged: ‘beagle diary’

03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan

Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.

Published 10-Feb-2019
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle diary, charles darwin, hms beagle

13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank

HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan

Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.

Published 13-Jan-2016
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, beagle diary, beagle voyage, charles darwin, hms beagle, Robert FitzRoy, south america

12-Feb-1834: Darwin’s 25th birthday, Patagonia

Patagonian Indians, Gregory Bay by Conrad Martens. Cambridge University Library

How Charles Darwin spent his 25th birthday.

Published 12-Feb-2013
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle diary, beagle voyage, birthdays, charles darwin, on this day, patagonia

A miserable birthday aboard HMS Beagle

On Charles Darwin's miserable 23rd birthday (his first aboard HMS Beagle).

Published 12-Feb-2012
Filed under: Blog Tags: beagle diary, beagle voyage, charles darwin

05-Aug-1832: Darwin under fire (get used to it, Charles!)

One of Darwin's pistols

On 5th August 1832, in what he described as ‘an eventful day’, Charles Darwin and his HMS Beagle colleagues helped put down an armed insurrection in Argentina.

Published 05-Aug-2007
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle diary, beagle voyage, charles darwin, south america

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