Writing tagged: ‘Robert FitzRoy’
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 plus supplement (1822–1864)’
Yet more ill-heath, with slow progress on Darwin’s ‘big book’.
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13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
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.
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Robert FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy’s name will forever be associated with Charles Darwin’s. But he deserves to be remembered for his own many achievements.
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The Dickens Connection
Dickens, FitzRoy and how a tragic loss at sea spurred efforts to forecast storms.
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Book review: ‘Fossils, Finches and Fuegians’ by Richard Keynes
Charles Darwin’s adventures and siscoveries on the Beagle, 1832-1836.
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185 years ago today…
On 22nd May, 1826, His Majesty’s Ship ‘Beagle’ set sail from Plymouth on a surveying voyage to South America.
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Serendipitous juxtaposition
Two items just came up one after the other on my RSS reader. Their juxtaposition pleased me.
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FitzRoy’s sword
Robert FitzRoy’s ceremonial sword to be auctioned.
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16-Apr-1834: Inspecting the Beagle’s bottom (‘a rather ticklish operation’)
On 16th April 1834, HMS Beagle was beached on the banks of the Santa Cruz River to allow her keel to be inspected. The event resulted in one of the most iconic images of the famous ship. Here’s the story of the operation.
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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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FitzRoy Podcast!
Podcast – Robert FitzRoy FRS: sailing into the storm.
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05-Sep-1831: Darwin meets his ‘beau ideal of a Captain’
Darwin meets Fitzroy.