30th March 1834

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(With nothing happening for another week, for the next few days some drawings from artist Conrad Martens' Sketchbooks from the voyage) ...

24th March 2009

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Sorry about what must seem to be a long time without an entry. Unfortunately Darwin did not make any entries in his Diary of the Beagle voya...

20th to 30th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands The Adventure sailed to continue her survey. We are detained owing to some prisoners who are in irons on board: we are...

19th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands The weather continued so bad I was determined to make a push & try to reach the Ship before dark, which I succeeded ...

18th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands It rained during nearly the whole day; so that at night it began to be very miserable work. We managed however with our ...
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17th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands During the night it rained, & the next day was very stormy with much hail & snow. From the number of cows which ...

16th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands Early in the morning I set out with 6 horses & two Gauchos. These were the only two Spaniards who were not directly ...

John Stevens Henslow (reprise)

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In his autobiography Darwin described his friendship with Henslow as the most important circumstance in his whole career. Their friendship b...

13th March 1834

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: On the 13th the Adventure arrived: she had almost completed her examination of the west, south, and south-east ou...

East Falkland Island, March, 1834

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CHARLES DARWIN TO J.S. HENSLOW. I am quite charmed with Geology, but like the wise animal between two bundles of hay, I do not know which to...
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11th to 14th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands The ship was moved to near the Town. The Adventure arrived, after an exceedingly prosperous voyage. They killed so many ...

10th March 1834

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E. Falkland Islands Arrived in the middle of the day at Berkeley Sound, having made a short passage by scudding before a gale of wind. Mr S...

9th March 1834

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: On the 9th of March we were off Beauchesne Island. Many persons have fancied that there are two islands near toge...

7th to 9th March 1834

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Darwin did not make a diary entry between these days, but the route of the next portion of the Beagle's Voyage is shown above -- from t...