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.
12th January 1833
Off Cape Horn A gale with much rain, at night it freshened into a regular storm. The Captain was afraid it would have carried away the close reefed main topsail. We then continued with merely the trysails & storm stay sail.
Off Cape Horn
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