The Beagle Diary was later used to write Darwin's famous book 'Voyage of the Beagle' (1839). The narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836. Darwin describes each day of the voyage, some in intimate detail, during the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe.
8th & 9th Jan 1832
Teneriffe to C.Verde Islands These two days have passed quietly reading...
... there was nothing to remind you that you were not sailing in the English Channel.
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