30th November 1834

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Syms Covington Journal: Anchored at Castro (the old capital) on Sunday the 30th. This town is situated on the South part of the island of C...

29th - 30th November 1834

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Chiloe We reached on the Sunday morning Castro, the ancient capital of Chiloe. I never saw before so truly a deserted city. The usual quadra...

27th - 28th November 1834

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Chiloe We had the good luck to have these two days fine, & reached by night the Isd of Quinchao. This neighbourhead is the centre of cul...

26th November 1834

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Having not written in his Journal for weeks, Charles today records one of his longest entries. Chiloe. The day rose splendidly clear: The Vo...
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25th November 1834

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Chiloe Torrents of Rain: we managed however to run down the coast as far as Huapilenou. The whole of this Eastern side of Chiloe has one asp...

24th November 1834

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Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published 150 years ago today on the 24 November 1859 Chiloe The Yawl & whale-boat under the comma...

23rd November 1834

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: Mr. Low hired a crew of six men,* and set out. After he had quitted the southernmost place at which provisions co...

22nd November 1834

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: When last at San Carlos I proposed to Mr. Low, then serving as pilot on board the Adventure, to pass the time of ...

21st November 1834

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Chiloe Arrived in the harbor of S. Carlos. Considering the time of year, with almost constant Southerly winds, our passage was a pretty good...

Valparaiso, November 8th, 1834

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CHARLES DARWIN TO MISS C. DARWIN . Valparaiso, November 8, 1834. My dear Catherine, My last letter was rather a gloomy one, for I was not ve...

9th November 1834

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Valparaiso Capt FitzRoy very kindly delayed the sailing of the Ship [till the 10th of November] by which time I was quite well again. — Duri...

8th November 1834

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In a letter to Catherine Darwin dated 8 November, CD wrote: "Capt FitzRoy has for the last two months, been working extremely hard ...

October 1834 (4)

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: I now proposed, first, to go to San Carlos, there set two of our boats at work among the islands eastward of the ...

October 1834 (3)

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: All on board partook, more or less, of the mortification caused by parting with our consort, just as she was most...