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.
27th to 31st March 1836
Captain Fitzroy’s Journal
From the 27th to the 30th we had a severe gale of wind, when near the situation of those remote isles [Southern Keeling or Cocos Isd].
Captain Fitzroy’s Journal
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