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The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, made under her newest commander, Robert FitzRoy. FitzRoy had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard who could investigate geology, and sought a naturalist to accompany them as a supernumerary.
FitzRoy was re-appointed as commander on 27 June 1831 and Beagle was commissioned on 4 July 1831 under his command, with Lieutenants John Clements Wickham and Bartholomew James Sulivan. [17] Longitudinal section of HMS Beagle as of 1832. Beagle was immediately taken into dock at Devonport for extensive rebuilding and refitting. As she required ...
A republication of the book in 1905 introduced the title The Voyage of the "Beagle", by which it is now best known. [1] Beagle sailed from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five—Beagle did not return until 2 October ...
Fitzroy River, in northern Western Australia, was named after him by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes who, at the time, commanded HMS Beagle (previously commanded by FitzRoy). The South American conifer Fitzroya cupressoides is named after him, as well as the Delphinus fitzroyi, a species of dolphin discovered by Darwin during his voyage aboard the ...
Lithograph c. 1831, probably by John Hayter. Yokcushlu was born around 1821 to a Kawésqar family that lived in western Tierra del Fuego. Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle was on a surveying mission around Tierra del Fuego in February 1830. Yokcushlu was about nine years old when the British captured her.
On 6 December 1831 it was issued to Captain Stokes in command of HMS Beagle. It sailed with Captain Fitzroy on Beagle's famous second voyage and was returned to Greenwich 7 November 1836. After a period at Arnold and Dent for cleaning it was transported by HMS Lightning to Devonport or Portsmouth for issue to ships there. [14]
The voyage of the Beagle. In December 1831 a British expedition departed under captain Robert FitzRoy, on board HMS Beagle, with the main purpose of making a hydrographic survey of the coasts of South America using calibrated chronometers and astronomical observations, producing charts for naval
John Clements Wickham (21 November 1798 – 6 January 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator. He was first lieutenant on HMS Beagle during its second survey mission, 1831–1836, under captain Robert FitzRoy.