Writing tagged: ‘beagle voyage’
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It makes one’s blood boil
Slavery still occurring in Brazil 173 years after Darwin left.
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Beagle book
I’ve finally got round to posting areview of Keith S Thomson’s HMS Beagle: the ship that changed the course of history.
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The most awesome book inscription ever!
Darwin inscribes his New Testament.
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Who is that minuscule man?
Minuscule Darwin spotted with minuscule red notebook!
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HMS Kangaroo
A remarkable photograph of HMS Beagle’s sister ship.
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Charles, you old rogue!
Darwin admires a young lady.
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A rare conjunction of taxonomy with gastronomy
Steve Jones reviews ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’.
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An old sailor reminisces
Darwin writes to Philip Gidley King.
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And was Darwin’s Beagle builded here, amongst those brutal blocks of flats?
Peter McGrath, FCD, visits the Woolwich Dockyard.
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09-Mar-1833: FitzRoy buys a Unicorn!
On 9th March 1833, Capt. Robert FitzRoy bought a schooner to accompany HMS Beagle.
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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.
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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.