Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

The Beagle Diary was later used to write Darwin's famous book 'Voyage of the Beagle' (1839). The narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836. Darwin describes each day of the voyage, some in intimate detail, during the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe.

28th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago Rising before day-break reached S. Carlos in the morning. We arrived on the right day, for in the evening heavy rain comm...
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27th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago We left Castro early in the morning; after having entered for some time the forest, we had from a steep brow of a hill, (...

26th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago We again embarked in the Peragua & crossed the lake: & then took to our horses. The whole of Chiloe took advantag...

25th January 1835

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C honos Archipelago In the morning being left alone with the Indians, we soon ingratiated ourselves by presents of cigars & matte: a lum...

24th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago Don Pedro procured us fresh horses & offered himself to accompany us. We proceeded to the South, generally following ...

23rd January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago We started early in the morning & reached the pretty quiet town of Castro at 2 oclock. The governor who was here on t...
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22nd January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago Capt FitzRoy being anxious that some bearings should be taken on the outer coast of Chiloe, an excursion was planned that...

20th January 1835

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: In the night, or rather from two to three the following morning, Osorno was observed in eruption, throwing up bri...

19th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago Early in the morning the ship ran out to sound on the English bank. A boat put me on shore on P. Tenuy, where I found som...

18th Juanuary 1835

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Chonos Archipelago ... by noon on the Sunday reached S. Carlos. — We found Mr Sulivan with the Yawl & Whaleboat, who had made a prospero...

17th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago We ran along during the next day the Southern part of [the] outer coast of Chiloe; The country is similar to that on the ...

15th & 16th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago On the 15th we sailed & steered for the SW point of Chiloe; the next day it was attempted to survey the coast, but th...

10th January 1835

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Captain Fitzroy’s Journal: While lying at Port Low we caught plenty of fish with the seine; we obtained oysters from neighbouring creeks, an...
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8th - 14th January 1835

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Chonos Archipelago Our week in this port passed rather heavily; the climate is so very bad & the country so very uniform in its characte...
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