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Capt. F. wants a man (I understand) more as a companion than a mere collector &amp; would not take any one however good a Naturalist who was not recommended to him likewise as a gentleman. …The Voyage is to last 2 yrs. &amp; if you take plenty of Books with you, any thing"/> <meta name="generator" content="Drupal 7 (https://www.drupal.org)"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/voyage-hms-beagle"/> <link rel="shortlink" href="https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/taxonomy/term/35"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Darwin Correspondence Project"/> <meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/voyage-hms-beagle"/> <meta property="og:title" content="Voyage of HMS Beagle"/> <meta property="og:description" content="Find links to all our articles about the people, places, and scientific discoveries of the Beagle voyage below. Capt. F. wants a man (I understand) more as a companion than a mere collector &amp; would not take any one however good a Naturalist who was not recommended to him likewise as a gentleman. …The Voyage is to last 2 yrs. &amp; if you take plenty of Books with you, any thing you please may be done— You will have ample opportunities at command— In short I suppose there never was a finer chance for a man of zeal &amp; spirit. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 24 August 1831) It was this letter from his friend and former teacher, John Stevens Henslow, Cambridge University Professor of Mineralogy and Botany, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on board the Admiralty surveying vessel HMS Beagle on a voyage to chart the coast of South America. During the five years of the voyage it was letters that not only kept him in touch with family and friends, but with Henslow and others from whom he could learn about observing and collecting. Letters also helped build the networks of locals Darwin relied on during the months he spent exploring on land, and the networks of specialists he recruited to work on his specimen collections after he returned to England. It was even letters sent back to Henslow and published without Darwin's knowledge that first brought him to wider scientific attention. Henslow's letter was waiting for Darwin when he returned home to Shrewsbury on 29 August 1831 from a geological fieldtrip in Wales with another former teacher, Adam Sedgwick. Henslow had been asked to recommend a young man to join the voyage, someone who could take advantage of the opportunities to study and explore, and who would be a companion for Robert FitzRoy, the Beagle's captain. Darwin was not the first choice for the trip, but a combination of his engaging social skills and an already evident appetite for natural history, brought him to the top of the list when first Henslow himself, and then Leonard Jenyns, were forced to turn the offer down. It took several weeks to persuade his reluctant father, Robert Waring Darwin, to give his permission and finance the trip, and more delays were caused by the refitting of the ship and then by bad weather, but when the Beagle finally sailed from Plymouth on 27 December 1831, Charles was on board. They did not arrive back in England until 2 October 1836. Darwin later wrote that his education ‘really began on board the Beagle’, and he kept in touch with many of the friends he made in those years for the rest of his life. See all letters from the voyage on a map, and find out about more of the Beagle's passengers and crew, and other principal characters connected with the voyage. 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Charles Darwin: a catalogue</a> <ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> <li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-3673"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue">Portraits of Charles Darwin: a catalogue overview</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3676"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/11-ellen-sharples-pastel">1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3709"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/12-george-richmond-marriage-portrait">1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3718"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/13-thomas-herbert-maguire-lithograph">1.3 Thomas Herbert Maguire, lithograph</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3721"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/14-samuel-laurence-drawing-1">1.4 Samuel Laurence drawing 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3724"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/15-samuel-laurence-drawing-2">1.5 Samuel Laurence drawing 2</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3727"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/16-ouless-oil-portrait">1.6 Ouless oil portrait</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3730"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/17-ouless-replica">1.7 Ouless replica</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3733"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/18-anonymous-drawing-after-ouless">1.8 anonymous drawing, after Ouless</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3736"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/19-rajon-etching-after-ouless">1.9 Rajon, etching after Ouless</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3679"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/110-rajon-etching-variant-state">1.10 Rajon etching, variant state</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3682"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/111-laura-russell-oil">1.11 Laura Russell, oil</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3685"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/112-marian-huxley-drawing">1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3688"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/113-louisa-nash-drawing">1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3691"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/114-william-richmond-oil">1.14 William Richmond, oil</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3694"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/115-albert-goodwin-watercolour">1.15 Albert Goodwin, watercolour</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3697"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/116-alphonse-legros-drypoint">1.16 Alphonse Legros, drypoint</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3700"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/117-alphonse-legros-drawing">1.17 Alphonse Legros drawing</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3703"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/118-john-collier-oil-linnean">1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3706"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/119-john-collier-oil-npg">1.19 John Collier, oil in NPG</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3712"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/120-leopold-flameng-etching-after-collier">1.20 Leopold Flameng etching, after Collier</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3715"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/121-window-christs-college-cambridge">1.21 window at Christ's College Cambridge</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3739"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/21-thomas-woolner-bust">2.1 Thomas Woolner bust</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3772"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/22-thomas-woolner-metal-plaque">2.2 Thomas Woolner metal plaque</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3802"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/23-wedgwood-medallions">2.3 Wedgwood medallions</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3805"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/24-wedgwood-plaque">2.4 Wedgwood plaque</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3808"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/25-wedgwood-medallions-2nd-type">2.5 Wedgwood medallions, 2nd type</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3811"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/26-adolf-von-hildebrand-bust">2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3814"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/27-joseph-moore-midland-union-medal">2.7 Joseph Moore, Midland Union medal</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3817"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/28-alphonse-legros-medallion">2.8 Alphonse Legros medallion</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3820"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/29-legros-medallion-plaster-model">2.9 Legros medallion, plaster model</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3742"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/210-moritz-klinkicht-print-legros">2.10 Moritz Klinkicht, print from Legros</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3745"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/211-christian-lehr-plaster-bust">2.11 Christian Lehr, plaster bust</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3748"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/212-allan-wyon-royal-society-medal">2.12 Allan Wyon, Royal Society medal</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3751"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/213-edgar-boehm-statue-nhm">2.13 Edgar Boehm, statue in the NHM</a></li> <li class="leaf 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class="leaf menu-mlid-3775"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/220-montford-terracotta-bust-npg">2.20 Montford, terracotta bust, NPG</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3778"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/221-montford-relief-christs-college">2.21 Montford, relief at Christ's College</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3781"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/222-l-j-chavalliaud-statue-liverpool">2.22 L.-J. Chavalliaud statue in Liverpool</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3784"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/223-hope-pinker-statue-oxford-museum">2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3787"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/224-herbert-hampton-statue-lancaster">2.24 Herbert Hampton statue, Lancaster</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3790"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/225-henry-pegram-statue-birmingham">2.25 Henry Pegram statue, Birmingham</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3793"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/226-linnean-society-medal">2.26 Linnean Society medal</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3796"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/227-william-couper-bust-new-york">2.27 William Couper bust, New York</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3799"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/228-couper-bust-cambridge">2.28 Couper bust in Cambridge</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3823"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/31-antoine-claudet-daguerreotype">3.1 Antoine Claudet, daguerreotype</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3856"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/32-maull-and-polyblank-photo-1">3.2 Maull and Polyblank photo 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3865"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/33-maull-and-polyblank-photo-2">3.3 Maull and Polyblank photo 2</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3868"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/34-william-darwin-photo-1">3.4 William Darwin, photo 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3871"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/35-william-darwin-photo-2">3.5 William Darwin, photo 2</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3874"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/36-william-darwin-photo-3">3.6 William Darwin, photo 3</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3877"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/37-leonard-darwin-photo-verandah">3.7 Leonard Darwin, photo on verandah</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3880"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/38-leonard-darwin-interior-photo">3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3883"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/39-leonard-darwin-photo-horseback">3.9 Leonard Darwin, photo on horseback</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3826"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/310-ernest-edwards-men-eminence">3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3829"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/311-edwards-illustrated-london-news">3.11 Edwards, in Illustrated London News</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3832"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/312-edwards-second-group-photos">3.12 Edwards, second group of photos</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3835"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/313-edwards-representative-men">3.13 Edwards 'Representative Men'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3838"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/314-julia-margaret-cameron-photos">3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3841"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/315-george-charles-wallich-photo">3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3844"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/316-oscar-rejlander-photos">3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3847"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/317-lock-and-whitfield-men-mark">3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3850"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/318-elliott-and-fry-photos-c1869-1871">3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3853"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/319-elliott-and-fry-photos-c1880-1">3.19 Elliott and Fry photos c.1880-1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3859"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/320-elliott-and-fry-c1880-1-verandah">3.20 Elliott and Fry, c.1880-1, verandah</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3862"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/321-herbert-rose-barraud-photos">3.21 Herbert Rose Barraud, photos</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3886"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/41-albert-way-comic-drawings">4.1 Albert Way, comic drawings</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3919"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/42-augustus-earle-caricature-drawing">4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3952"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/43-alfred-crowquill-caricature">4.3 Alfred Crowquill, caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3985"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/44-thomas-huxley-caricature-sketch">4.4 Thomas Huxley, caricature sketch</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4018"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/45-william-beard-comic-painting">4.5 William Beard, comic painting</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4051"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/46-thomas-nast-cartoon">4.6 Thomas Nast, cartoon</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4054"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/47-vanity-fair-caricature">4.7 'Vanity Fair', caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4057"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/48-vanity-fair-preliminary-study">4.8 'Vanity Fair', preliminary study</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4060"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/49-graphic-cartoon">4.9 'Graphic', cartoon</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3889"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/410-hornet-caricature-darwin">4.10 'Hornet' caricature of Darwin</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3892"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/411-fun-cartoon-little-lecture">4.11 'Fun' cartoon, 'A little lecture'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3895"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/412-fun-wedding-procession">4.12 'Fun', Wedding procession</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3898"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/413-fun-cartoon-griset-emotional">4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3901"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/414-fun-cartoon-troubles">4.14 'Fun' cartoon, 'That troubles'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3904"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/415-george-cruikshank-comic-drawing">4.15 George Cruikshank, comic drawing</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3907"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/416-joseph-simms-physiognomy">4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3910"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/417-figaro-unidentifiable-1871">4.17 'Figaro', unidentifiable 1871</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3913"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/418-figaro-chromolithograph-1">4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3916"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/419-george-montbard-caricature">4.19 George Montbard, caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3922"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/420-frederick-waddy-caricature">4.20 Frederick Waddy, caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3925"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/421-gegeef-our-national-church-1">4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3928"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/422-gegeef-et-al-our-national-church-2">4.22 Gegeef et al., 'Our National Church', 2</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3931"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/423-gegeef-battle-field-science">4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3934"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/424-daily-graphic-nast-satire">4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3937"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/425-punch-1877-re-cambridge-doctorate">4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3940"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/426-christmas-card-caricature-monkeys">4.26 Christmas card caricature, monkeys</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3943"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/427-four-founders-darwinismus">4.27 'Four founders of Darwinismus'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3946"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/428-english-celebrities-montage">4.28 'English celebrities' montage</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3949"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/429-richard-grant-white-fall-man">4.29 Richard Grant White, 'Fall of man'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3955"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/430-la-petite-lune-gill-cartoon">4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3958"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/431-la-lune-rousse-gill-cartoon">4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3961"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/432-anis-liqueur-label">4.32 Anis liqueur label</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3964"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/433-harpers-weekly-bellew-caricature">4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3967"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/434-punch-sambourne-cartoon-1">4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3970"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/435-frederick-sem-caricature">4.35 Frederick Sem, caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3973"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/436-sem-chistmas-card">4.36 Sem, Chistmas card</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3976"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/437-mosquito-satire">4.37 'Mosquito' satire</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3979"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/438-franz-goedecker-caricature">4.38 Franz Goedecker, caricature</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3982"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/439-moonshine-magazine-cartoon">4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3988"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/440-phrenological-magazine">4.40 'Phrenological Magazine'</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3991"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/441-punch-sambourne-cartoon-2">4.41 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 2</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3994"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/442-punch-sambourne-cartoon-3">4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-3997"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/443-illustrated-london-news-article">4.43 'Illustrated London News' article</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4000"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/444-puck-cartoon-1">4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4003"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/445-puck-cartoon-2">4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4006"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/446-puck-cartoon-3">4.46 'Puck' cartoon 3</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4009"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/447-puck-cartoon-4">4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4012"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/448-puck-cartoon-5">4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-4015"><a href="../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/449-alfred-bryan-caricature">4.49 Alfred Bryan, 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href="mailto:?&amp;subject=Voyage+of+HMS+Beagle&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.darwinproject.ac.uk%2Fcommentary%2Fvoyage-hms-beagle" title="Share by email"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a></div> <!-- end social media sharing --></div> </div> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-no-bottom-padding"> <div class="term-listing-heading"> <div id="taxonomy-term-35" class="taxonomy-term vocabulary-commentary"> <div class="content"> <div class="taxonomy-term-description"> <p data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Find links to all our articles about the people, places, and scientific discoveries of the Beagle voyage below.</strong></p> <blockquote> <p data-mce-style="text-align: justify;">Capt. F. wants a man (I understand) more as a companion than a mere collector &amp; would not take any one however good a Naturalist who was not recommended to him likewise as a <em>gentleman</em>. …The Voyage is to last 2 y<sup>rs</sup>. &amp; if you take plenty of Books with you, any thing you please may be done- You will have ample opportunities at command- In short I suppose there never was a finer chance for a man of zeal &amp; spirit. (<a data-mce-href="/entry-105" href="../entry-105">Letter from J. S. Henslow, 24 August 1831</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p data-mce-style="text-align: justify;">It was this letter from his friend and former teacher, <a data-mce-href="/namedef-2235" href="../namedef-2235">John Stevens Henslow</a>, Cambridge University Professor of Mineralogy and Botany, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on board the Admiralty surveying vessel HMS <em>Beagle</em> on a voyage to chart the coast of South America. During the five years of the voyage it was letters that not only kept him in touch with family and friends, but with Henslow and others from whom he could learn about observing and collecting. Letters also helped build the networks of locals Darwin relied on during the months he spent exploring on land, and the networks of specialists he recruited to work on his specimen collections after he returned to England. It was even letters sent back to Henslow and published without Darwin's knowledge that first brought him to wider scientific attention.</p> <p data-mce-style="text-align: justify;">Henslow's letter was waiting for Darwin when he returned home to Shrewsbury on 29 August 1831 from a geological fieldtrip in Wales with another former teacher, <a href="../namedef-4276">Adam Sedgwick</a>. Henslow had been asked to recommend a young man to join the voyage, someone who could take advantage of the opportunities to study and explore, and who would be a companion for <a data-mce-href="/namedef-1650" href="../namedef-1650">Robert FitzRoy</a>, the <em>Beagle</em>'s captain. Darwin was not the first choice for the trip, but a combination of his engaging social skills and an already evident appetite for natural history, brought him to the top of the list when first Henslow himself, and then <a data-mce-href="/namedef-2560" href="../namedef-2560">Leonard Jenyns</a>, were forced to turn the offer down.</p> <p data-mce-style="text-align: justify;">It took several weeks to persuade his reluctant father, <a data-mce-href="/namedef-1234" href="../namedef-1234">Robert Waring Darwin</a>, to give his permission and finance the trip, and more delays were caused by the refitting of the ship and then by bad weather, but when the <em>Beagle</em> finally sailed from Plymouth on 27 December 1831, Charles was on board. They did not arrive back in England until 2 October 1836.</p> <p data-mce-style="text-align: justify;">Darwin later wrote that his education '<a href="/DCP-LETT-8924">really began on board the Beagle</a>', and he kept in touch with many of the friends he made in those years for the rest of his life. </p> <p><strong><a href="/world-map/Voyage%20of%20the%20Beagle" target="_blank">See all letters from the voyage on a map</a>, and <a href="../tags/beagle-crew">find out about more of the <em>Beagle's</em> passengers and crew, and other principal characters connected with the voyage</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>View our <em>Beagle</em> learning resources for ages 7-11:<em> </em><a href="/learning/7-11/darwins-fantastical-voyage">Darwin's fantastical voyage</a>; and for ages 11-14: <a href="/learning/11-14/beagle-voyage">Beagle voyage</a> and <a href="/learning/11-14/offer-of-a-lifetime">Offer of a lifetime</a>.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr/></div> <div 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<div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="curious/darwin-and-beagle-voyage">Darwin and the Beagle voyage</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Darwin and the Beagle voyage" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>In 1831, Darwin joined a voyage that he later referred to 'as by far the most important event in my life'. <a href="../darwin-and-beagle-voyage">Dive in to our 3D model of the <em>Beagle</em></a> and find out more about life on board and the adventures that he had.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="curious/darwin-and-beagle-voyage" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-promoted node-sticky node-teaser" about="/people/about-darwin/darwin-s-first-love" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-1014" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/20200929_145807cm.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/20200929_145807cm.jpg" width="1103" height="548" alt="Part of letter from Fanny Owen, [late January 1828] (DAR 204: 43)" title="Part of letter from Fanny Owen, [late January 1828] (DAR 204: 43)"/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Part of letter from Fanny Owen, [late January 1828] (DAR 204: 43)</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Cambridge University Library</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../people/about-darwin/darwin-s-first-love">Darwin's first love</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Darwin’s first love" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Darwin's long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the <em>Beagle</em> entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was supposed to destroy.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../people/about-darwin/darwin-s-first-love" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-sticky node-teaser" about="/robert-fitzroy" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-232" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/FITZROY-R-01-05660.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/FITZROY-R-01-05660.jpg" width="536" height="800" alt="Robert FitzRoy" title="Robert FitzRoy"/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-reference field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw115429/Robert-FitzRoy-Fitzroy-Fitz-Roy?</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Robert FitzRoy (Fitzroy, Fitz-Roy) by London Stereoscopic &amp; photographic Company albumen print on card mount, early-mid 1860s, NPG x128426</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-identifier field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">mw115429</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">© National Portrait Gallery, London</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-copyright field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">CC BY-NC-ND 3.0</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../robert-fitzroy">Robert FitzRoy</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Robert FitzRoy" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS <em>Beagle</em> when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the <em>Beagle</em>'s voyage round the world. FitzRoy and Darwin could not have been more different, but these differences were minimised by their shared interests during the voyage. Once back in England, however, their divergent views became more apparent, especially on religious matters and evolutionary theory.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../robert-fitzroy" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-teaser" about="/letters/favourite-letters/be-envious-ripe-oranges-w-d-fox-may-1832" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column12"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-no-padding campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../letters/favourite-letters/be-envious-ripe-oranges-w-d-fox-may-1832">Be envious of ripe oranges: To W. D. Fox, May 1832</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Be envious of ripe oranges: To W. D. Fox, May 1832" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/798325186?h=7b65de2ee1&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;dnt=1" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Henry Cowles Favourite Letter.mp4"></iframe></div> <script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script> <p> </p> <p>Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on the <em>Beagle</em> voyage to his cousin.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../letters/favourite-letters/be-envious-ripe-oranges-w-d-fox-may-1832" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-teaser" about="/introduction-satire-fitzroys-narrative-voyages-adventure-and-beagle" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-1008" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/Keeling%20atoll%20BHL.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/Keeling%20atoll%20BHL.jpg" width="922" height="601" alt=""/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Inside an atoll, Keeling Island. Illustration by R. T. Pritchett. Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches (D. Appleton &amp; co. 1890)</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Biodiversity Heritage Library</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../introduction-satire-fitzroys-narrative-voyages-adventure-and-beagle">Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><em>'a humble toadyish follower</em>…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the <em>Beagle</em> voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the <em>Beagle</em>'s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands. It was written by John Clunies Ross, a controversial figure, and one of the two European men who claimed to have first settled the islands and who took bitter exception to Darwin and FitzRoy's later accounts of their history and geology. <strong>This edition of the 'long, pugnacious and sometimes disturbing' manuscript is made available courtesy of Dr Katharine Anderson, York University, Toronto.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../introduction-satire-fitzroys-narrative-voyages-adventure-and-beagle" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-teaser" about="/letters/darwins-works-letters/journal-researches" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-923" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/Barrier%20reef.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/Barrier%20reef.jpg" width="638" height="288" alt="Barrier reef" title="Barrier reef"/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Barrier reef, Journal of researches (1845), p. 469</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../letters/darwins-works-letters/journal-researches">Journal of researches</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Journal of researches" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Within two months of the <em>Beagle</em>'s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of preparing an account of his travels. <em>Journal of researches</em> was his first published book. The circumstances of its publication were not shaped by Darwin, however, but by the <em>Beagle</em>'s captain, Robert FitzRoy, who, according to custom in the Navy, <a href="/letter/DCP-LETT-496.xml">had the right to decide the use of the materials produced by those on board his ship</a>. The <em>Journal of Researches</em> thus began life in 1839 as the third volume of the <em>Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle. . .</em>, with the title <em>Journal and remarks</em>. Darwin's volume was soon issued separately with the new title <em>Journal of Researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle,</em> and this much reprinted book later became widely known as <em>The voyage of the Beagle</em>, although this title was never used in Darwin's lifetime.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../letters/darwins-works-letters/journal-researches" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-teaser" about="/orundellico-jemmy-button" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-769" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/jemmy_button_1833.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/jemmy_button_1833.jpg" width="248" height="303" alt="Jemmy Button in 1833" title="Jemmy Button in 1833"/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-reference field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">CUL CCA.24.2</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Jemmy Button in 1833 from 'Fuegians' in The narrative of the voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle. Vol.2. FitzRoy, R. 1839. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36. 'Fuegians' [plate] pp.324-325</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Cambridge University Library</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../orundellico-jemmy-button">Orundellico (Jemmy Button)</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Orundellico (Jemmy Button)" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS <em>Beagle</em>, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was called Jemmy Button by the <em>Beagle</em> crew because FitzRoy had given a large mother-of-pearl button to the man who was in the canoe with Orundellico.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../orundellico-jemmy-button" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-teaser" about="/bartholomew-james-sulivan" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-733" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/%20Benjamin%20James%20Sullivan.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/%20Benjamin%20James%20Sullivan.jpg" width="430" height="452" alt="Benjamin James Sullivan" title="Benjamin James Sullivan"/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Bartholomew James Sulivan 1810-1890</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-identifier field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Sulivan, Henry Norton, ed. 1896. Life and letters of the late Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, KCB, 1810-1890. London: John Murray.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../bartholomew-james-sulivan">Bartholomew James Sulivan</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Bartholomew James Sulivan" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and reminiscing about their time together on board HMS <em>Beagle</em>:</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../bartholomew-james-sulivan" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-vertical-padding node node-page node-teaser" about="/conrad-martens" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="campl-horizontal-teaser campl-teaser campl-teaser-border campl-content-container campl-side-padding clearfix"> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-img"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-file field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <div id="file-325" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <div class="content"><a href="/sites/default/files/MARTENS-C-01-03181.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/MARTENS-C-01-03181.jpg" width="758" height="1003" alt="Conrad Martens" title="Conrad Martens"/></a> <div class="field field-name-field-file-reference field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">http://acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=404668</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Conrad Martens, ca. 1840, painted by Maurice Felton</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-file-identifier field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">ML 28</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-column6"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-horizontal-teaser-txt"> <h3 class="campl-teaser-title"><a href="../conrad-martens">Conrad Martens</a></h3> <span property="dc:title" content="Conrad Martens" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Conrad Martens was born in London, the son of an Austrian diplomat. He studied landscape painting under the watercolourist Copley Fielding (1789-1855), who also briefly taught Ruskin. In 1833 he was on board the <em>Hyacinth</em>, headed for India, but <em>en route</em> in Rio de Janeiro, learned that Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS <em>Beagle</em>, was looking for a replacement after Augustus Earle, the <em>Beagle</em>'s original artist, had become seriously ill.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="../conrad-martens" class="campl-primary-cta">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container campl-side-padding"> <hr class="campl-teaser-divider"/></div> <div class="campl-pagination campl-pagination-centered"> <div class="item-list"> <ul class="pager"> <li class="campl-active first"><span>1</span></li> <li><a href="voyage-hms-beagle?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="campl-next-li last"><a class="ir campl-pagination-btn campl-next" href="voyage-hms-beagle?page=1"><span class="campl-arrow-span"></span>next<span class="campl-arrow-span"></span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="campl-column3 campl-secondary-content"> <div class="region region-sidebar"> <div id="block-cudl-related-letters" class="block block-cudl"> <div class="campl-content-container campl-no-bottom-padding"> <div class="campl-heading-container"> <h2>Related voyage of hms beagle letters</h2> </div> </div> <div class="campl-content-container"> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-105.xml">From J. S. Henslow 24 August 1831</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>JSH has been asked by Peacock to recommend a naturalist as companion to Capt. FitzRoy on <i>Beagle</i> voyage. CD the best qualified person; not a finished naturalist but amply qualified for collecting, observing, and noting.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-107.xml">To J. S. Henslow 30 [August 1831]</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Feels he should decline <i>Beagle</i> voyage offer because of his father's objections, which he lists. Would otherwise have taken all risks.</p> <p>[Geological] trip with Adam Sedgwick a success.</p> <p>Grieved at Marmaduke Ramsay's death.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-109.xml">From Josiah Wedgwood II to R. W. Darwin 31 August 1831</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>States his views on each of RWD's objections to the <i>Beagle</i> venture. JW's overall position is favourable to CD's acceptance of the offer.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-118.xml">To J. S. Henslow [5 September 1831]</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Has met FitzRoy, who has now offered him the post of naturalist on board the <i>Beagle</i>. Other details about the voyage arrangements - mess, CD's status, route, books.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-158.xml">To R. W. Darwin 8 February - 1 March 1832</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Writes with great happiness about the first part of the voyage, after his misery from seasickness passed. He finds himself well prepared, the ship quiet, comfortable, and compact; he has already a "rich harvest" and finds the natural history (especially geology) exceedingly interesting. The tropics are full of great beauty.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-171.xml">To J. S. Henslow 18 May - 16 June 1832</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>His first letter to JSH since December. Recounts his seasickness, geologising and marine collecting at St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde Is.]; his first tropical forest. Collecting small insects from the tropics. His Welsh trip with Sedgwick has been extremely valuable.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-182.xml">From E. A. Darwin 18 August [1832]</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Reports on the commissions CD requested of him [in a missing letter]; comments on English political issues.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-196.xml">From J. S. Henslow 15-21 January 1833</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Acknowledges receipt of two letters from CD and a box of specimens.</p> <p>Mentions attendance at BAAS meeting and a gift to him of a small living near Oxford. Some political news.</p> <p>Congratulates CD on the work he has done - the specimens are of great interest. Gives advice on packing, labelling, and future collecting and suggests that - as a precaution - CD send home a copy of his notes on the specimens.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-201.xml">From R. W. Darwin 7 March 1833</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Writes of the pleasure all feel in CD's continued good health and joy in his voyage.</p> <p>Tells of the banana tree he bought, which he sits under and thinks of CD "in similar shade".</p> <p>CD's financial accounts are correct.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-205.xml">From Caroline Darwin 1-4 May 1833</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>News of family and friends.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-218.xml">From Robert FitzRoy 4 October 1833</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Urges CD to return to the <i>Beagle</i> early in November. Conrad Martens arrives to succeed Augustus Earle as artist for the expedition.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-233.xml">To Susan Darwin 3 December [1833]</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Has had to draw bills totalling £217 in seven months.</p> <p>Is glad the Captain has decided to winter in Tierra del Fuego, because this will facilitate "glorious excursions" into the Andes.</p> <p>Has obtained fragments of fossil bones and part of a <i>Megatherium</i> head.</p> <p>Their long delay occurred because the charts were not complete for sending home.</p> <p>CD is now on shore because of seasickness.</p> <p>The family may not hear from him for a year.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-259.xml">To Caroline Darwin 13 October 1834</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Became ill two weeks before on his return from Santiago after an interesting trip and some geology - though snow kept him out of the Andes. FitzRoy has had to sell the schooner; he was discouraged by the Admiralty, and the expense was too much for him to bear personally.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter odd"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-274.xml">To J. S. Henslow 18 April 1835</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Has just returned from crossing the Cordilleras. Geological observations of formations representing great epochs of violence which broke up the earth's crust. Shells at over 12000 feet. Silicified trees in sandstone formations at great heights. Red snow and viviparous lizards. Botanical specimens.</p> </div> </div> <div class="letter even"> <h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-289.xml">To Caroline Darwin 27 December 1835</a></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>At sea 25 days from Galapagos to Tahiti, where they stayed ten days. It was delightful. 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