30th April 1833

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Maldonado I rode a few miles round the town; the country is exceedingly similar to that of M: Video, but rather more hilly. We here have the...

29th April 1833

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Maldonado I took up my residence on shore, & procured lodgings at a well-know old lady, by name Donna Francisca. The day was spent in va...

28th April 1833

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Maldonado By noon we arrived at the anchorage of Maldonado & found there, our Schooner, all safe & snug. Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: ...

27th April 1833

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Montevideo to Maldonado Having landed our French passengers & having received all parcels & letters; after dinner weighed anchor ...

25th - 26th April 1833

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Montevideo At daybreak we found a current had set us several miles to leeward of Maldonado; as the breeze was both strong & fair the Cap...

24th April 1833

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La Plata We are off the mouth of the Plata. At night there was a great deal of lightning; if a hurricane had been coming, the sky could not ...

22nd & 23rd April 1833

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Approaching La Plata Our usual alternation of a gale of wind & a fine day.

20th & 21st April 1833

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Coast of Patagonia It blew half a gale of wind; but it was fair & we scudded before it. — Our decks fully deserved their nickname of a ...

18th & 19th April 1833

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Coast of Patagonia The climate here is quite celestial; cloudless blue skys, light breezes & smooth water. — We hear that this has been ...

16th & 17th April 1833

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Coast of Patagonia We have been standing, during the day, across the great Bay of St Matthias; as the place is unsurveyed we heave to at nig...

14th & 15th April 1833

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Coast of Patagonia In the middle of the day, a Sail was seen a long way off in the SW. — We immediately made chace & soon found to our j...

13th April 1833

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[Patagonia Cliffs] Coast of Patagonia In the morning we were off the mouth of the Rio Negro. Nothing was to be seen of the Schooner. In vai...

12th April 1833

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South Atlantic We expect to arrive at our destination tomorrow morning — the weather latterly has been tolerably good but there was too much...

9th April 1833

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East Falkland Island The weather to day is beautiful; it is the first time for three months that studding sails have been set. We attribute ...