02943cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000130010610000320011924501740015126400510032530000470037633600260042333700260044933800360047550000310051150802620054252013100080453400450211465300340215965300440219365300370223765300640227465300620233865300480240065300130244870000360246185600430249799900170254038961UtSlPG20260610133906.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aGaF28011 aFitzroy, Robert,d1805-186510aNarrative 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 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2012-02-23  aProduced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Keith Edkins and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection
(http://posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner/))  a"Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle" by Robert Fitz-Roy is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work documents the surveying expeditions of the ships Adventure and Beagle, focusing on their explorations of the southern coasts of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe between 1826 and 1836. The narrative encompasses detailed accounts of geographical discoveries, observations of natural history, and depictions of the indigenous peoples encountered during the voyages.  The opening of the narrative introduces the reader to the context of the voyages as commanded by Captain Phillip Parker King aboard the Adventure and Captain Robert Fitz-Roy aboard the Beagle. It discusses the preparations made for the expedition, the motivations behind the survey, and the officers involved in the missions. Fitz-Roy explains the decision to prioritize the southern coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego due to their novelty and interest. As they set sail from Plymouth, the narrative hints at the challenges they anticipate facing even before the ships reach Rio de Janeiro, including difficult weather conditions and the complexities of navigating the various landscapes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aBeagle Expedition (1831-1836)  aSouth America -- Description and travel  aNatural history -- South America  aIndians of South America -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)  aPatagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel  aAdventure and Beagle expedition (1826-1830)  aFuegians1 aKing, Philip Parker,d1793-185640uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38961  c79800d79800