30th December 1833

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Port Desire We got underweigh at four o’clock & reached Guanaco Island by midday, as the weather was cold & wet, I determined to wal...

29th December 1833

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Port Desire By the middle of the day the Yawl could not get any higher, from the shoalness of the water & the number of mud-banks. One o...

28th December 1833

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Port Desire The Yawl, under the command of Mr Chaffers with three days provisions, was sent to survey the head of the creek. In the mornin...

27th December 1833

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: While the Liebre was absent, Mr. Stokes, in the Paz, surveyed many miles of the river, as well as the bar. No ves...

26th December 1833

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Port Desire The Beagle is anchored opposite to a fort erected by the old Spaniards. It was formerly attempted to make a settlement here; b...

Christmas Day 1833

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Port Desire After dining in the Gun-room, the officers & almost every man in the ship went on shore. The Captain distributed prizes to t...

24th December 1833

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Port Desire Took a long walk on the North side: after ascending some rocks there is a great level plain, which extends in every direction bu...

23rd December 1833

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Port Desire ( Puerto Deseado ) Arrived at Port Desire. Our passage has been a very long one of seventeen days; the winds generally being lig...

18th December 1833

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: A south-east gale on the 18th drove her into the Colorado, where Lieutenant Wickham found a strong outset, owing ...

16th December 1833

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: Mr. Wickham arrived at Argentina on the 16th, and left it on the following day. In sailing out of Blanco Bay, alo...

13th December 1833

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: Off the banks in Anegada Bay there was too much sea (during a S.W. gale) for the Liebre to keep on her course any...

12th December 1833

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: On the 12th, Lieutenant Wickham sailed for Blanco Bay, to deliver some letters from me (which I had received from...

7th December 1833

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M: Video to Port Desire With a fair wind stood out of the river & by the evening were in clear water; never I trust again to enter the m...
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6th December 1833

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M: Video to Port Desire The Beagle got underweigh at 4 o’clock in the morning & ran up the river to take in fresh water. We are now beca...