Narrative of a Voyage to Patagonia and Terra del Fuego

Through the Straits of Magellan, in HMS Adventure and Beagle, in 1826 and 1827

By:

John Macdouall

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

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On 22 May 1826, HMS Beagle left Plymouth Sound on her maiden voyage, accompanying HMS Adventure to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego to survey the Strait of Magellan. Years later, Royal Naval officer John Macdouall (fl.1820–30) proclaimed himself 'one whose visit to Port Famine, and sometime residence on that inhospitable coast, have left no wish of re-visiting it, really or metaphorically'. Nevertheless, his first-hand account of the first nineteen months of the Beagle's voyage, originally published in 1833, is a highly entertaining read. With an amusing combination of self-deprecation and caustic observation, and in preference to 'the trouble of detailing the monotonous course of a long sea voyage', Macdouall relates anecdotes about life aboard ship and the peoples and places encountered. While unforgiving of 'absurd' Spanish customs and 'national indolence', and Rio de Janeiro's 'bowing hypocritical Portuguese', he offers a generally kinder portrait of Fuegian and Patagonian 'savages'.

Release date Australia

July 4th, 2013

Author

John Macdouall

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white

Pages

332

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

Dimensions

140x216x19

ISBN-13

9781108060981

Product ID

20932853

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