1st May 1834

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: The weather was invariably fine during the earlier part of our journey; but this day it began to change, and two ...

30th April to 1st May 1834

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R. Santa Cruz We continued to get on but slowly. The Captains servant shot two Guanaco: Before the men could arrive to carry them to the boa...

29th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz From the high land, we hailed with joy the snowy summits of the Cordilleras, as they were seen occasionally peeping through th...

28th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz Found a tripod of wood, fastened together by hide; it had floated down the river; the first sign of the reappearance of man. C...

27th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz The bed of the river is rather narrower hence the stream more rapid; it generally runs nearly 6 knots an hour. In the channel ...

26th April 1834

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: In the distance some very level topped, dark looking cliffs, were seen at the summits of elevated ranges, which M...

25th & 26th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz This day I found, for the first time, some interesting work; the plains are here capped by a field of Lava, which at some rem...

24th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz Like the old navigators approaching an unknown land, we examined & watched for the most trivial signs of a change; the dri...

23rd April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz Rested till noon, to clean arms, mend clothes & shoes, the latter already began to show symptoms of hard work. Captain Fit...

22nd April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz The country remains the same, & terribly uninteresting, the great similarity in productions is a very striking feature in ...

21st April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz In the morning, tracks of a party of horses & the long spear or Chusa which trails on the ground, were found; they were so...

20th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz We passed the islands & set to work; our regular days work, although it was hard enough, carried us, on an average, only t...

19th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz In so strong a current it was of course quite impossible either to pull or sail so that the three boats were fastened astern o...

18th April 1834

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R. Santa Cruz In the morning three whale-boats started under the command of the Captain to explore as far as time would allow the Santa Cruz...