Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. Volume I. Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830

Ships bound from the Atlantic to any of the ports in the Pacific, will find it advantageous to keep within one hundred miles of the coast of Eastern Patagonia, as well to avoid...

Skyring's chart--Noir Island--Penguins--Fuegians--Sarmiento--Townshend Harbour--Horace Peaks--Cape Desolation--Boat lost--Basket--Search in Desolate Bay--Natives--Heavy gale--Su...

Beagle sails from San Carlos--Enter Strait--Harbour of Mercy--Cape Pillar--Apostles--Judges--Landfall Island--Cape Gloucester--Dislocation Harbour--Week Islands--Fuegians--Latit...

Set out in boats--Find Guanacoes--Murray Narrow--Birch Fungus--Tide-- Channel--Glaciers--View--Mountains--Unbroken chain--Passages-- Steam-vessels--Jemmy Button--Puma--Nest--Acc...

Chilóe--Its probable importance--Valdivia founds seven cities; afterwards destroyed by the Indians--Migration of Spanish settlers-- Province and Islands of Chilóe--Districts and...

Chilóe the last Spanish possession in South America--Freyre's Expedition--Failure--Second Expedition under Freyre and Blanco-- Quintanilla's capitulation--Chilóe taken--Aldunate...

Adelaide's last cruise--Port Otway--San Quintin--Marine Islands--Unknown river or passage--San Tadeo--Isthmus of Ofqui--San Rafael--Sufferings and route of the Wager's party--Ch...

Mr. Murray returns--Go to New Year Sound--See Diego Ramirez Islands from Henderson Island--Weddell's Indian Cove--Sympiesometer--Return to Christmas Sound--Beagle sails--Passes...

Place for a Settlement--Frost--Boats in danger--Narrow escape--Sudden change--Beagle Hills--Fuegian painting--Tides--Medicine--Water warmer than the air--Jerome Channel--Mr. Sto...

Detention in Port San Antonio--Humming-birds in snow showers--Fuegians-- Geological remarks--Canoes--Carving--Birds--Fish--Shag Narrows-- Glaciers--Avalanches--Natives--Climate-...

Adventure sails from Rio de Janeiro to the River Plata--Gorriti-- Maldonado--Extraordinary Pampero--Beagle's losses--Ganges arrives-- Another pampero--Go up the river for water-...

Trees--Leave Port Famine--Patagonians--Gregory Bay--Bysante--Maria-- Falkner's account of the Natives--Indians seen on the borders of the Otway Water, in 1829--Maria visits the...

Beagle and Adelaide anchor in Possession Bay--Beagle passes the First Narrow--Fogs--Pecket Harbour--Adelaide arrives with Guanaco-meat-- Portuguese Seamen--Peculiar light--Party...

Account of the Beagle's cruize--Borja Bay--Cape Quod--Stuart Bay--Cape Notch--Remarks on weather, and errors of Chart--Evangelists--Santa Lucia--Madre de Dios--Gulf of Trinidad-...

Prepare the Beagle, and our decked boat (the Hope) for surveying the Strait--Beagle sails westward, and the Hope towards the south-east-- Sarmiento's voyage--and description of...

Lieutenant Sholl arrives--Beagle returns--Loss of the Saxe Cobourg sealer--Captain Stokes goes to Fury Harbour to save her crew--Beagle's proceedings--Bougainville's memorial--C...

Extracts from the Journals of Lieutenants Skyring and Graves--Magdalen Channel--Keats Sound--Mount Sarmiento--Barrow Head--Cockburn Channel-- Prevalence of south-west winds--Mel...

From Mr. Graves's report of the appearance of the channel to the S.E. of Dawson Island, I decided to proceed there as soon as the Hope was ready, for she required some alteratio...

Leave Port Otway--San Quintin's Sound--Gulf of Peñas--Kelly Harbour--St. Xavier Island--Death of Serjeant Lindsey--Port Xavier--Ygnacio Bay-- Channel's mouth--Bad weather--Peril...

Find that the Cutter had been burned--Anxiety for the Beagle--Uxbridge Sealer--Beagle arrives--Her cruize--Bellaco Rock--San Julian--Santa Cruz--Gallegos--Adeona--Death of Lieut...

A contrary tide and light winds detained us at anchor near Cape Virgins until four o'clock in the afternoon, when, with the turn of the tide, a light air carried us past Dungene...

"(April 1st). This morning the weather was very unsettled, squally, and thick: but as no delay could be admitted, when there was a possibility of moving, we left at eight o'cloc...

Leave Rio de Janeiro--Santos--St. Catherine's--Monte Video--Purchase the Adelaide schooner, for a Tender to the Adventure--Leave Monte Video-- Beagle goes to Port Desire--Shoals...

According to my Instructions, the Survey was to commence at Cape San Antonio, the southern limit of the entrance of the Plata; but, for the following urgent reasons, I decided t...

I have the honour of dedicating to your lordship, as Head of the Naval Service, this narrative of the Surveying Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1...

Map of South America Loose. Strait of Magalhaens Loose. Patagonian Frontispiece. Monte Video to face page 1 Distant View of Mount Sarmiento (with two other views) 26 Curious Pea...

Extracts from the Journals of Lieutenants Skyring and Graves--Magdalen Channel--Keats Sound--Mount Sarmiento-- Barrow Head--Cockburn Channel--Prevalence of south-west winds--Mel...

Adelaide's last cruise--Port Otway--San Quintin--Marine Islands--Unknown river or passage--San Tadeo--Isthmus of Ofqui--San Rafael--Sufferings and route of Wager's party--Channe...

Place for a Settlement--Frost--Boats in danger--Narrow escape--Sudden change--Beagle Hills--Fuegian Painting-- Tides--Medicine--Water warmer than the air--Jerome Channel--Mr. St...

Trees--Leave Port Famine--Patagonians--Gregory Bay-- Bysante--Maria--Falkner's account of the Natives-- Indians seen on the borders of the Otway Water, in 1829-- Maria visits th...

Mr. Murray returns--Go to New Year Sound--See Diego Ramirez Islands from Henderson Island--Weddell's Indian Cove--Sympiesometer--Return to Christmas Sound--Beagle sails--Passes...

Adventure sails from Rio de Janeiro to the River Plata-- Gorriti--Maldonado--Extraordinary Pampero--Beagle's losses--Ganges arrives--another Pampero--Go up the river for water--...

Detention in Port Gallant--Humming-birds in snow showers-- Fuegians--Geological remarks--Canoes--Carving--Birds-- Fish--Shag Narrows--Glaciers--Avalanches--Natives-- Climate--Wi...

Chilóe the last Spanish possession in South America-- Freyre's Expedition--Failure--Second Expedition under Freyre and Blanco--Quintanilla's capitulation--Chilóe taken--Aldunate...

Beagle and Adelaide anchor in Possession Bay--Beagle passes the First Narrow--Fogs--Pecket Harbour--Adelaide arrives with Guanaco meat--Portuguese Seamen--Peculiar light--Party...

Prepare the Beagle, and a decked boat (the Hope) for surveying the Strait--Beagle sails westward, and the Hope towards the south-east--Sarmiento's Voyage--and description of the...

Leave Rio de Janeiro--Santos--Sta. Catharina--Monte Video--Purchase the Adelaide schooner, for a Tender to the Adventure--Leave Monte Video--Beagle goes to Port Desire--Shoals o...

Skyring's chart--Noir Island--Penguins--Fuegians-- Sarmiento--Townshend Harbour--Horace Peaks--Cape Desolation--Boat lost--Basket--Search in Desolation Bay-- Natives--Heavy Gale...

Lieutenant Sholl arrives--Beagle returns--Loss of the Saxe Coburg sealer--Captain Stokes goes to Fury Harbour to save her Crew--Beagle's proceedings--Bougainville's memorial-- C...

Account of the Beagle's cruise--Borja Bay--Cape Quod-- Stuart Bay--Cape Notch--Remarks on weather, and errors of Chart--Evangelists--Santa Lucia--Madre de Dios--Gulf of Trinidad...

Chilóe--Its probable importance--Valdivia founds seven Cities; afterwards destroyed by the Indians--Migration of Spanish settlers--Province and Islands of Chilóe--Districts and...

Set out in boats--Find Guanacoes--Murray Narrow--Birch Fungus--Tide--Channel--Glaciers--View--Mountains-- Unbroken chain--Passages--Steam-vessels--Jemmy Button-- Puma--Nest--Acc...

Leave Port Otway--San Quintin Sound--Gulf of Peñas--Kelly Harbour--St. Xavier Island--Death of Serjeant Lyndsey-- Port Xavier--Ygnacio Bay--Channel's mouth--Bad weather-- Perilo...

Find that the Cutter had been burned--Anxiety for the Beagle--Uxbridge Sealer--Beagle arrives--Her cruise-- Bellaco Rock--San Julian--Santa Cruz--Gallegos--Adeona-- {xxiii} Deat...

Beagle sails from San Carlos--Enters Strait--Harbour of Mercy--Cape Pillar--Apostles--Judges--Landfall Island-- Cape Gloucester--Dislocation Harbour--Week Islands-- Fuegians--La...