Well readers... after the excitement of the Galapagos and Tahiti the next fortnight sees the Beagle sailing quietly across the Pacific toward New Zealand. Land-fall there is on the 19th December, so we have the best part of three weeks to wait. There will be an entry for the 3rd December, but then -- apart from some of Fitzroy's thoughts on the Pacific Ocean and Fiji (which the Beagle did not visit). Stay with me and perhaps re-read some of the wonderful Diary and Journal postings of the past 4 years of the voyage.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.
28th November 2010
Well readers... after the excitement of the Galapagos and Tahiti the next fortnight sees the Beagle sailing quietly across the Pacific toward New Zealand. Land-fall there is on the 19th December, so we have the best part of three weeks to wait. There will be an entry for the 3rd December, but then -- apart from some of Fitzroy's thoughts on the Pacific Ocean and Fiji (which the Beagle did not visit). Stay with me and perhaps re-read some of the wonderful Diary and Journal postings of the past 4 years of the voyage.
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