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.
13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
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25-Dec-1833: The HMS Beagle Olympics
On Christmas Day 1831, the crew of HMS Beagle held their own ’Olympic Games’ at Port Desire in Patagonia.
Film review: ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’
In which I dismiss any charges of historical inaccuracy against the latest Aardman animation.
The Dickens Connection
Dickens, FitzRoy and how a tragic loss at sea spurred efforts to forecast storms.
Book review: ‘HMS Beagle: The ship that changed the course of history’ by Keith S Thomson
A biography of one of the most important ships in history.