The voyage of the Beagle

After having been twice driven back by heavy southwestern gales, Her Majesty`s ship Beagle, a ten gun brig, under command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th 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 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 sunrise behind the rugged outline of the Grand Canary island, and suddenly illuminate the peak of Teneriffe, whilst lower parts were veiled in fleecy clouds. This was the first of many delightful days never to be forgotten. On the 16 January, 1832, we anchored in Porto Praya, in St. Jago, the chief island of the Cape de Verd archipelago.

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