I've finally got round to posting areview of Keith S Thomson's HMS Beagle: the ship that changed the course of history.
Writing tagged: ‘beagle voyage’
The most awesome book inscription ever!
Darwin inscribes his New Testament.
Who is that minuscule man?
Minuscule Darwin spotted with minuscule red notebook!
HMS Kangaroo
A remarkable photograph of HMS Beagle's sister ship.
Charles, you old rogue!
Darwin admires a young lady.
A rare conjunction of taxonomy with gastronomy
Steve Jones reviews 'The Voyage of the Beagle'.
An old sailor reminisces
Darwin writes to Philip Gidley King.
And was Darwin's Beagle builded here, amongst those brutal blocks of flats?
Peter McGrath, FCD, visits the Woolwich Dockyard.
09-Mar-1833: FitzRoy buys a Unicorn!
On 9th March 1833, Capt. Robert FitzRoy bought a schooner to accompany HMS Beagle.
27-Dec-1831: HMS Beagle sets sail
On 27 December 1831, HMS Beagle set sail on her second voyage with a young Charles Darwin on board.
08-Sep-1832: Darwin encounters bolas
On 8th September 1832, Charles Darwin observed gauchos using bolas. He later tried them out for himself, and managed to ensnare his own horse in the process.
Figurehead of the imagination?
Did HMS Beagle have a figurehead?