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.
10th January 1833
Off Cape Horn A gale from the SW. . Syms Covington’s Journal: On the passage we experienced a very heavy gale.
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