The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin
AFTER having been twice driven back by heavy southwestern gales, Her Majesty s ship
Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.
N.
, sailed from Devonport
on the 27th of December, 1831.
The...
More
The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin
AFTER having been twice driven back by heavy southwestern gales, Her Majesty s ship
Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.
N.
, sailed from Devonport
on the 27th of December, 1831.
The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of
Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830, -- to survey
the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific -- and to carry a chain of
chronometrical measurements round the World.
On the 6th of January we reached Teneriffe, but
were prevented landing, by fears of our bringing the cholera: the next morning we saw the sun
rise behind the rugged outline of the Grand Canary island, and suddenly illuminate the Peak of
Teneriffe, whilst the lower parts were veiled in fleecy clouds.
This was the first of many
delightful days never to be forgotten.
On the 16th of January, 1832, we anchored at Porto Praya,
in St.
Jago, the chief island of th
Less
