A marine chronometer used on the second voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequently for the North American Boundary Expedition, 1830s

Conrad Martens -  Two watercolors of the voyage of The Beagle, Terra del Fuego and Mount Sarmiento

Things Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, wrote in letters to Charles Darwin:

(During the voyage of the Beagle, while Darwin was away from the ship exploring the interior of South America.)

I think of you every time the ship pitches, which is every few seconds

Are you dead? No wait you can't be dead I just got a letter from you

Come back and look at these crazy fossils I found! [gives a wildly exaggerated/physically impossible description of these alleged fossils]

Did you get my apology letter?* I promise to get my shit together

"Est avis in navibus Carlos rarissima Darwin" Charles Darwin is the rarest of birds aboard ship

Our friend's wife died but idk why he's sad, surely no one actually wants to be married to a woman

Come back I'll send you a boat I'll send you a boat literally whenever just please come back soon

Remember that guy you stole bones with??**

Here is two paragraphs of the imaginary conversation I'm having with you right now

Haha I didn't mean that I'm actually DRUNK ON TEA

At least you're not THAT far away I GUESS

PS I wish I could be excited about your adventures but I just wish you were here and I'm worried you'll get hurt

* The apology letter is lost. What was he apologising for? I guess we'll never know. ** FitzRoy gives no name but I MUST KNOW who stole bones with Charles Darwin, please lmk if you have a clue

my brain is nothing but about charles darwin and robert fitzroy and their stupid doomed yaoi relationship oh my god help me

So Captain FitzRoy called Charles Darwin "Philos" in many of his letters to him. This is, obviously, an abbreviation of "philosopher," as in "natural philosopher."

But also, philos is literally Greek for 'lover.' FitzRoy's nickname for Darwin was "lover."

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The Voyage of Charles Darwin (Die Reise des Charles Darwin)

In 1978, a BBC TV series about Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle was shown on German television. On December 27th of 1831, the HMS Beagle left the port of Plymouth, England. The small brig was supposed to survey the coasts of South America and return to England via Australia and Africa.

Originally intended to last four years, the journey ultimately lasted almost five years. Also on board was the young theologian and amateur naturalist – 22-year-old Charles Darwin. He actually wanted to use the trip to get to know and describe the diversity of divine creation. However, the insights he gained on the trip were the basis for his theory of evolution - a theory that shook the common world view of the time.

At the beginning of this year I was finally able to realize the plan to travel to Patagonia in Darwin's footsteps. It was a goosebumps moment when we climbed a hill and looked out over Wulaia Bay - the bay where Captain Fitzroy had his first encounter with local Indians (the resulting story is well known). Almost 200 years ago, the HMS Beagle may have also anchored where our expedition ship anchored. Patagonia remained a relatively untouched piece of earth. Its roughness has preserved it - and gives it its charm.

In 1978 lief eine TV-Serie der BBC über die Reise von Charles Darwin mit der HMS Beagle im Deutschen Fernsehen. Am 27. Dezember 1831 verliess die HMS Beagle den Hafen von Plymouth in England. Die kleine Brigg sollte die Küsten Südamerikas vermessen und über Australien und Afrika wieder nach England zurückkehren.

Auf ursprünglich vier Jahre angelegt, dauerte die Reise letztlich fast fünf Jahre. An Bord war auch der junge Theologe und Hobby-Naturforscher – der 22jährige Charles Darwin. Eigentlich wollte er die Reise nutzen, um die Vielfalt der göttlichen Schöpfung kennen zu lernen und zu beschreiben. Die Erkenntnisse allerdings, die er auf der Reise gewonnen hat, waren für ihn die Grundlage seiner Evolutionstheorie - eine Theorie, die das damalige, gängige Weltbild erschütterten.

Anfang diesen Jahres konnte ich endlich den Plan verwirklichen und auf Darwins Spuren Patagonien bereisen. Ein Gänsehaut-Moment war es, als wir einen Hügel bestiegen und auf die Wulaia-Bucht blickten - die Bucht, in der Kapitän Fitzroy die erste Begegnung mit einheimischen Indianern hatte (die daraus resultierende Geschichte ist weltbekannt). Dort wo unser Expeditionsschiff ankerte, ankerte vor fast 200 Jahren vielleicht auch die HMS Beagle. Patagonien ist ein noch einigermassen unberührter Flecken Erde geblieben. Seine Rauheit hat ihn bewahrt - und macht seinen Charme aus.

-Simplicius Simplicissimus

„With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly surprising that I should have influenced to such an extent what men believe. Indeed, I was considered by my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy - rather below the common standard in intellect. As for the voyage with the Beagle, it was by far the most important event in my life - it determined my whole career.“

-Charles Darwin

When on board H.M.S Beagle, as a naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts on the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent.

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The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

Plan of HMS Beagle - Middle section fore and aft, upper deck, 1832

In: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., with illustrations by R. T. Pritchett, 1832

Conrad Martens - Sketchbook pages with impressions of from the voyage of the HMS Beagle, which he made in company of Charles Darwin. 1833-35.

Who wants to read some fic about Charles Darwin and the captain of HMS Beagle

Did you know that Darwin wasn't actually working for the Navy, nor was he even the ship's actual naturalist – he was officially Captain FitzRoy's "gentleman companion"? Did you know that he wasn't assigned to sleep in the captain's cabin but he did sometimes anyway? Did you know that before the voyage, FitzRoy received a letter from Darwin that began in a slightly apologetic tone, assumed Darwin was about to say he had a girlfriend, threw the letter in the bin, dug the letter out of the bin, and realised Darwin was actually just asking him to put in a good word for a friend's son who wanted to join the Navy? Did you know that FitzRoy named a mountain after Darwin for his 25th birthday? Did you know that Darwin wrote to his sister that FitzRoy made rooms seem larger and air easier to breathe? Did you know that when Darwin was away from the ship, FitzRoy wrote to him to say (paraphrased) "I think of you every time the ship pitches, please come back ASAP, here's two paragraphs of the imaginary conversation I'm having with you"? And also "est avis in navibus Carlos rarissima Darwin," which means "the rarest of birds in ships is Charles Darwin"? Did you know that FitzRoy called Darwin "Philos," short for "natural philosopher," which they definitely both knew just meant "love" because they'd both studied Greek? Did you know that Darwin got kinda mad about FitzRoy getting married when they returned to England, and didn't attend the wedding?

Haha that's so weird idk what it's all about tho. Anyway:

FitzRoy draws on Darwin’s arm. It’s 1833, and this is the most erotic thing either of them has ever done.

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I also have a lot of sketches that I hope to finish in the near future (don't pay attention to the fact that there're a lot of Howdy here....)

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