Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

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.

23rd & 24th July 1833

Maldonado
In the evening of the 24th, after it was dark, we got under weigh & started on our cruise to the Rio Negro. The whole sky was brilliant with lightning; it was a wild looking night to go to sea, but time is too precious to lose even a bad portion of it.

Arborfield at 21:11

Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

23rd & 24th July 1833

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