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  1. Second voyage of HMS Beagle

    native Fuegians hailing the Beagle . The second voyage of HMS Beagle , from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle HMS Beagle , under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after her previous captain committed ...Image HMS Beagle by Conrad Martens.jpg thumb 400px right A watercolour by HMS Beagle HMS Beagle s technical ... collector, and the publication of his journal which became known as The Voyage of the Beagle gave him wide renown as a writer. The Beagle sailed across the Atlantic Ocean , and then carried out ... 1808 HMS Chanticleer to go to Tierra del Fuego , but due to her poor condition Beagle was substituted ... title HMS Beagle Port of science and discovery Port Cities work quote accessdate 2009 01 30 ref ... text&itemID F1925&pageseq 59 27 ref Voyage The Beagle was originally scheduled to leave on 24 ... or geology that FitzRoy had wanted during the first voyage of the Beagle . ref name king The captain ... s published The Voyage of the Beagle Journal starts. While readings were taken to accurately ... right thumb His encounter with the natives of the Tierra del Fuego on his Beagle voyage made Darwin ... Gould s description of birds collected on the Beagle voyage. Back at Montevideo, Darwin was introduced ... years and three months on land, 18 months at sea. ref name intro Early in the voyage he decided ... permitting, the Gal pagos Islands . Then the Beagle was to proceed to Tahiti and on to Port Jackson ... profile and of tidal flows. ref name ainstructs Context and preparations Image Voyage of the Beagle.jpg thumb 500px right The voyage of the Beagle The previous survey expedition to South America involved HMS Aid 1809 HMS Adventure and HMS Beagle under the overall command of the Australian Commander Phillip Parker King . During the survey Beagle s captain, Pringle Stokes, committed suicide and his ... Browne Neve 1989 pp 3 4 ref The 26 year old FitzRoy had hopes of commanding a second expedition to continue ...   more details



  1. Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

    The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the Years 1832 to 1836 is a 5 part book published unbound in nineteen numbers as they were ready, between February 1838 and October 1843. It was written by various authors, and edited and superintended by Charles Darwin , publishing expert descriptions of the collections he had made during the Second voyage of HMS Beagle Beagle voyage . Part 1. Fossil Mammalia 1838 1840 , by Richard Owen Preface and Geological introduction by Darwin Part 2. Mammalia 1838 1839 , by George Robert Waterhouse George R. Waterhouse Geographical introduction and A notice of their habits and ranges by Darwin Darwin also contributed notices of habits and ranges throughout the text of Mammalia and Birds, and the text of the Fish and the Reptiles included numerous notes by him, mostly taken from his labels. The authors of these parts were as follows Part 3. Birds 1838 1841 , by John Gould Part 4. Fish 1840 1842 , by Leonard Blomefield Leonard Jenyns Part 5. Reptiles 1842 1843 , by Thomas Bell zoologist Thomas Bell For a small additional fee the publishers sold the completed work bound, in five volumes, and probably later bound in three volumes, the first incorporating Parts 1 & 2, the second Part 3 and the third Parts 4 & 5. External links http darwin online.org.uk EditorialIntroductions Freeman ZoologyOfBeagle.html The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle bibliography by Freeman, R. B. 1977 and links to online texts and images of each of the nineteen numbers. http www.rarebookroom.org Control dwnzbg index.html Zoology of the Beagle Part I 1839 43, from Rare Book Room . Darwin Category 1838 books Category Books by Charles Darwin Category Zoology books Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Category 1830s in science Link GA de de The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle fr Zoologie du Voyage du H.M.S. Beagle fi Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle ...   more details



  1. Voyage of the Beagle

    The voyage of the Beagle can refer to The second voyage of HMS Beagle Charles Darwin s book about that voyage, The Voyage of the Beagle Other voyages of HMS Beagle disambig ...   more details



  1. The Voyage of the Beagle

    About the book the expedition Second voyage of HMS Beagle Image HMS Beagle by Conrad Martens.jpg thumb 300px right A watercolour by HMS Beagle HMS Beagle s technical drawing draughtsman , Conrad Martens ... refers to the Second voyage of HMS Beagle second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle HMS Beagle ... Henry Colburn year 1838 location London id See also Robert FitzRoy HMS Beagle s second voyage . ref ... sequence. See Second voyage of HMS Beagle for a detailed synopsis of Darwin s travels. The contents ... and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the Command ... Sparcs The Journal of Syms Covington, Assistant to Charles Darwin Esq. on the Second Voyage of HMS Beagle http librivox.org the voyage of the beagle by charles darwin Free Audiobook at http librivox.org LibriVox . See also Puerto Hambre Darwin DEFAULTSORT Voyage Of The Beagle, The Category 1839 .... The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published ... by FitzRoy to contribute the natural history section to the captain s account of the Beagle s voyage ... Majesty s Ships Adventure and Beagle in four volumes. Volume one covers the first voyage under Commander Phillip Parker King, volume two is FitzRoy s account of the second voyage. Darwin s Journal ... into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle apparently without ... 1 The Voyage of the Beagle Retrieved on 30 April 2007 Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, Appendix ... content frameset?itemID F14&viewtype text&pageseq 1 The Voyage of the Beagle Retrieved on 30 ... quote With links to online copies of all editions. gutenberg no 3704 name The Voyage of the Beagle ... http www.aboutdarwin.com voyage voyage01.html The Voyage of the Beagle and Darwin s explorations a multi ... in science bn bg es El viaje del Beagle fr Le Voyage du Beagle it The Voyage of the Beagle no The Voyage of the Beagle pt A Viagem do Beagle fi Beaglen matka ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle

    22 ref Second voyage main Second voyage of HMS Beagle Image HMS Beagle by Conrad Martens.jpg thumb ... s second voyage Discoveries in Australia , a book written by John Lort Stokes about the Beagle s third ... by Darwin s voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Ship s chronometer from HMS Beagle Sources and references reflist HMS Beagle Survey Ship Extraordinary Karl Heinz Marquardt 2007 ISBN 0 85177 703 1 Voyage of the Beagle ... Proceedings of the first and second expeditions, and Darwin s Journal The Voyage of the Beagle . gutenberg ...otherships HMS Beagle disambiguation Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image HMS Beagle 1832 longitudinal section larger.jpg frameless Longitudinal section of HMS Beagle as of 1842 Ship caption Longitudinal section of Her Majesty s Ship HMS Beagle as of 1832 Infobox Ship Career Hide header ... bm 242 for second voyage ref name Fitz17 18 Ship length convert 90.3 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert ... as a ship of war, 65 plus 9 supernumeraries on second voyage Ship armament 10 guns, reduced to 6 guns for survey voyages Ship notes HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class brig sloop Cherokee class 10 gun sloop .... On the second survey voyage the young naturalist Charles Darwin was on board, and his work would eventually make the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history. First voyage On 27 September 1825 ... station aboard HMS Ganges 1821 6 , named as temporary Captain of the Beagle his aide, Flag Lieutenant ... Beagle was substituted for the voyage. FitzRoy was re appointed as commander on 27 June 1831 and the Beagle ... http www.portcities.org.uk london server show ConFactFile.64 HMS Beagle.html title HMS Beagle Port of science ... In 1837 HMS Beagle set off on a survey of Australia , shown here in an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley ... voyage in red, from John Lort Stokes Discoveries in Australia Six months later, Beagle set off ... Wickham , who had been a Lieutenant on the second voyage, with assistant surveyor Lieutenant John Lort Stokes who had been a Midshipman on the first voyage of the Beagle , then mate and assistant surveyor ...   more details



  1. The Voyage of the Space Beagle

    Image Spacebeagle 01.jpg thumb right Cover of The Voyage of the Space Beagle Granada Publishing 1977 The Voyage of the Space Beagle 1950 is a classic novel of science fiction by A. E. van Vogt in the space ... is a reference to The Voyage of the Beagle , Charles Darwin s book about his five year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle HMS Beagle . Plot summary The main protagonist of the novel is Dr ... dna mysciencefictionlife A20258336 BBC My Science Fiction Life The Voyage of the Space Beagle ... in 2008. ref A E van Vogt The Voyage of the Space Beagle Reprint edition, Orb Books, 2008. ISBN ... Fiction. ref Milicia, Joe A E van Vogt s The Voyage of the Space Beagle, New York Review of Science ... likely i were i direct inspirations . ref Milicia, Joe A E van Vogt s The Voyage of the Space Beagle ... hold for the modern reader are the disharmony aboard the i Space Beagle i , Clearly, Machiavelli rather than Charles Darwin Darwin is the true spirit guiding the i Space Beagle. i and that the i Space Beagle s i mission is like the original HMS Beagle Beagle s and very unlike the USS Enterprise NCC 1701 i U.S.S. Enterprise s i . ref Milicia, Joe A E van Vogt s The Voyage of the Space Beagle , New ... isfdb title id 8401 http www.ereader.com product book excerpt 5647?book Voyage of the Space Beagle Excerpt from Chapter 1 at ereader.com http vanvogt.www4.mmedia.is voyageof.htm Covers of The Voyage of the Space ... Free Copy of the first section, Black Destroyer Notes Reflist DEFAULTSORT Voyage of the Space Beagle ... of Astounding magazine the second published SF by A. E. van Vogt chapters 13 to 21 M33 in Andromeda ... the Space Beagle . He is eventually forced to take control of the ship using a combination ... In the first section, the Space Beagle lands on a largely deserted desolate planet. Small ... suicide when it realizes it has been defeated. In the second part, the ship is almost .... The crew of the Space Beagle is brainwashed by Grosvenor into spending several years luring the intelligence ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle (disambiguation)

    Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beagle , after a beagle dog breed. The most notable of these ships is the second HMS Beagle HMS Beagle , 1820 1870, which transported Charles Darwin around the world in the Second voyage of HMS Beagle voyage of the Beagle . HMS Beagle 1804 HMS Beagle 1804 , a Cruizer class brig sloop Cruizer class brig sloop in service from 1804 to 1814. HMS Beagle HMS Beagle , a 10 gun Cherokee class brig sloop Cherokee class brig sloop, launched in 1820 and converted to a survey ship in 1825. After her famous voyage with Charles Darwin, she became a customs watch vessel in 1846, and was sold in 1870. HMS Beagle 1854 HMS Beagle 1854 , an Arrow class gunvessel Arrow class wooden hulled screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863, eventually becoming the Japanese vessel Kanko HMS Beagle 1872 HMS Beagle 1872 , a 1 gun schooner serving in Sydney from 1872 to 1883. HMS Beagle 1889 HMS Beagle 1889 , a Beagle class sloop Beagle class steel screw sloop of war sloop , the lead ship of a class of two, in service from 1889 to 1905. HMS Beagle 1909 HMS Beagle 1909 , a Beagle class destroyer Beagle class destroyer , the lead ship of her class, launched in 1909 and sold in 1921. HMS Beagle H30 HMS Beagle H30 , a B class destroyer B class destroyer launched in 1930 and broken up in 1946. HMS Beagle A319 HMS Beagle A319 , a Bulldog class hydrography hydrographic survey ship launched in 1967 and sold in 2002. References colledge Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Beagle, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names de HMS Beagle es HMS Beagle desambiguaci n fi HMS Beagle ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle (1854)

    otherships HMS Beagle disambiguation Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image HMS Beagle 1854 .jpg 300px HMS Beagle with HMS Wrangler Ship caption HMS Beagle and Wrangler by Oswald Walters Brierly Sir Oswald Brierly , 1855 Infobox Ship Career Ship country United Kingdom Ship flag shipboxflag United Kingdom naval Ship name HMS Beagle Ship ordered 10 April 1854 Ship builder Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company C J Mare & Company , Leamouth , London Ship original cost 23,091 br Hull 8,302 Machinery 9,725 ref name RW Ship laid down 15 April 1854 Ship launched 20 July 1854 Ship commissioned 3 September 1854 ref name RW winfield ref Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship honours Ship captured Ship fate Sold to the Japanese Army in 1863 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Career Ship country Japan Ship flag shipboxflag Japan army Ship name Kanko Ship ordered Ship builder Ship original cost Ship laid down Ship launched Ship acquired 1863 Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship honours Ship captured Ship fate Broken up in 1889 Ship ... Four 32 pounder 25cwt guns ref name RW table Ship armour Ship notes HMS Beagle was a wooden hulled Arrow class gunvessel Arrow class second class screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863. She ... literature Beagles.html title How the ship, HMS Beagle , got her name. publisher AboutDarwin accessdate 2008 06 25 ref References reflist Arrow class gunvessels DEFAULTSORT Beagle 1854 Category Arrow ... vessels, but in 1856 were redesignated as second class gunvessels. Propulsion A two cylinder ... mounts, and four 32 pounder convert 25 long cwt kg abbr on guns. Construction Beagle was laid down at the Leamouth ... September. ref name RW Career Beagle took part in the Crimean War from 1854 to 1856. During the Crimean ... was awarded the VC for his actions in the Sea of Azov , and an acting mate in Beagle , William Nathan ... Disposal Beagle was sold to the Japanese army at Hong Kong in 1863 to be used as a training vessel ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle (1804)

    Other ships HMS Beagle disambiguation Fix bunching beg Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Image Recruit & D Haupoult.jpg 300px HMS Recruit Ship caption HMS Recruit 1806 6 , a warship of the same class as the Beagle Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom of Great Britain ... border Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS Beagle Ship namesake The Beagle breed of dog Ship ordered 22 ... Ship armament 18 guns 16 x 32 pounder carronade s 2 x 6 pounder bow guns Ship notes HMS Beagle was an 18 ... anchorage the next day. ref Cordingly, pg. 184 ref Beagle was the second ship after the bomb vessel ... of the line HMS Calcutta 1795 Calcutta , was under the command of a lieutenant from Beagle and a midshipman ... Roads 1809 . Two of Beagle s sister ships, HMS Dotterel 1808 2 and HMS Foxhound 1806 2 were also present ... 1971 ref On 4 November Beagle and HMS Echo 1809 Echo recaptured the Mount Royal , of Pool. ref London ... in August 1811. On 14 August 1813, Beagle , in company with HMS President 1806 President , the gun ... HMS Beagle accessdate 22 January 2010 ref One member of Beagle s crew was wounded. ref London Gazette .... On 30 November Beagle was in company with HMS Rover 1808 Rover when Rover captured the American ..., during the Napoleonic Wars . She played a major role in the Battle of the Basque Roads . Beagle was laid up in Reserve fleet ordinary in 1813 and sold in 1814. Career Beagle was commissioned in August ... 2008 , p.294. ref On 5 December Burn and Beagle captured the Spanish ship Fuenta Hermosa . ref London ... John Orde s squadron off Cadiz . ref name Winfield On 14 January 1805, Beagle captured the Spanish ... startpage 546 ref Commander Francis Newcombe replaced Burn in February 1806 and Beagle remained in the Mediterranean until 1807. On 27 April 1806, Beagle and a number of other vessels were in company with HMS Termagant 1796 Termagant when Termagant captured the Anna Maria Carolina . ref London Gazette issue 16487 date 21 May 1811 startpage 946 ref Beagle then moved to the Downs where she operated ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle (H30)

    Otherships HMS Beagle disambiguation Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country Ship flag Shipboxflag UK naval Ship name HMS Beagle Ship namesake Beagle Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder John Brown & Company , Clydebank Ship original ... Hedgehog Anti submarine mortar A S mortar installed January 1942 Ship armour Ship notes HMS Beagle ... Beagle.htm title HMS Beagle, destroyer work naval history.net accessdate 14 January 2011 ref Construction ... ship 4351.html title HMS Beagle H30 work uboat.net accessdate February 2010 cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 04 a2041804.shtml title HMS Beagle to the rescue work BBC WW2 People ... 2256 title HMS Beagle work Clydebuilt Ships Database accessdate February 2010 non breaking space to keep ... of the United Kingdom de HMS Beagle H30 fi HMS Beagle H30 ... On a Field Green, a Beagle proper Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption ref name whitley ... the 1928 Programme, along with her sister ship HMS Basilisk H11 2 . She was laid down on 11 October 1929, and launched on 26 September 1930, as the eighth RN ship to carry this name. Beagle was completed ... she was serving in the Home Fleet as the attendant destroyer for the aircraft carrier HMS Ark ... of Allied landings in Norway in Operation Wilfred and Plan R 4 . Beagle remained at Norway on convoy ... naval history.net Beagle was then sent to the English Channel for evacuation operations in France ... of Cherbourg with the destroyers HMS Harvester H19 2 and HMS Highlander H44 2 . In October she was detached for duty with the Home Fleet, and escorted the carrier HMS Argus I49 2 carrying aircraft ... and minelayer escort duties. ref name naval history.net In February 1941 Beagle was transferred ... history.net 1942&ndash 1944 On 12 April 1942 Beagle joined the Ocean Escort Group for Russian Convoy ... days later the cruiser HMS Edinburgh 16 2 joined the convoy after embarking gold bullion at Murmansk ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle (1872)

    Other ships HMS Beagle Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country Ship flag Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 100x35px Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS Beagle Ship ordered Ship builder John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales Ship laid down Ship launched December 1882 Ship acquired Ship commissioned Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship fate Sold in 1883. Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship type schooner Ship displacement Ship length Ship beam Ship draught Ship power Ship propulsion Ship sail plan Ship speed Ship range Ship range Ship complement 27 Ship armament Ship armour Ship notes HMS Beagle was a schooner of the Royal Navy , built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched in December 1872. ref name Bastock Bastock, p.59. ref She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti blackbirding operations in the South Pacific. ref name Bastock She was paid off in 1883 and sold for 1,000. ref name Bastock Fate Beagle was then sold to Messers Bell & Davis, who sailed to Peru after defrauding the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company. She was then sold at Callao to Silvino Cavalie. ref cite web url http trove.nla.gov.au ndp del article 3542855?searchTerm peru beagle title The Schooner Beagle at Callao, The Brisbane Courier, Friday 3 June 1892, p.3. accessdate 14 October 2010 ref Citations Reflist References Bastock, John 1988 , Ships on the Australia Station , Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0867773480 Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Beagle 1872 Category 1872 ships Category New South Wales built ships Category Victorian era naval ships of the United Kingdom UK mil ship stub ...   more details



  1. HMS Beagle (A319)

    otherships HMS Beagle disambiguation Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Royal Navy Ensign Ship class Bulldog class coastal survey vessel Bulldog class survey vessel Ship name HMS Beagle Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder Brooke Marine , Lowestoft Ship laid down Ship launched 7 September 1967 Ship christened Ship acquired Ship commissioned 9 May 1968 Ship recommissioned Ship decommissioned 7 February 2002 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship reclassified Ship refit Ship captured Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship fate Sold March 2002 Ship status Ship homeport Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship displacement 1,050 Tonnage tons Ship tons burthen Ship length convert 189.6 ft m abbr on Length overall o a Ship beam convert 37.5 ft m abbr on Ship draught Ship draft Ship propulsion Four Lister Blackstone ER58M 8 cylinder diesel engine s, 2,640 bhp, twin screws Ship speed 15 knots Ship range Ship endurance Ship test depth Ship boats Ship capacity Ship complement 42 Ship time to activate Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship notes HMS Beagle was a Bulldog class survey vessel Bulldog class coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy . She was originally to have been called HMS Barracouta but her name was changed to HMS Beagle in honour of the HMS Beagle ship which carried Charles Darwin . She was built by yacht builder Brooke Marine , to commercial, rather than military, ship standards at a cost of 53,000,000. ref http www.parliament.the stationery office.co.uk pa cm200607 cmhansrd cm070524 text 70524w0005.htm Hansard ref She was launched on 7 September 1967 and commissioned the following year. She was the last Royal Navy vessel to have ... Reflist Colledge Bulldog class coastal survey vessel DEFAULTSORT Beagle A319 Category Bulldog ...   more details



  1. The Second Voyage of the Mimi

    The Second Voyage of the Mimi is a twelve episode American education educational television program depicting the crew of the Mimi exploring Maya civilization Mayan ruins in Southern Mexico . Along the way, they learn a lot about ancient civilization and also attempt to foil the plans of looters who steal the artifacts from the ancient sites. This series is a sequel to The Voyage of the Mimi , produced in 1984, in which the Granvilles rented their boat and services to zoologists studying the humpback whale in the waters off Massachusetts . The series aired on Public Broadcasting Service PBS and was created by the Bank Street College of Education in 1988 to teach middle schoolers about science and social studies in an interesting and interactive way. In each episode, viewers are taught something scientific relating to plot events in the previous episode of the show. For example, an episode s plot would be about deciphering Mayan writing, and the viewer also receives information about how the Maya wrote various words and numbers. Elementary school teachers will find more than just springboards for archeological lessons in The Second Voyage of the Mimi , but also springboards for lessons in writing techniques, social studies, linguistics and history. Cast The Second Voyage of the Mimi starred a young Ben Affleck as C.T. Granville, and Peter G. Marston as his grandfather Captain Granville. Marston was a scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fact date May 2009 during the production ... VOTM VOTM.html Voyage of the Mimi Fanclub Download Theme Song http www.imdb.com title tt0278695 IMDB entry http www.bankstreetcorner.com voyages of mimi.shtml Bank Street Corner s Voyage of the Mimi page DEFAULTSORT Second Voyage of the Mimi Category PBS network shows Category Science ... tour operator, guiding tourists on dives through the reefs. Each second segment is a standalone exploration of one of the scientific principles touched on in the serialized tale. In these second ...   more details



  1. Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

    to become essential equipment for a ship at sea. By Second voyage of HMS Beagle the time the Beagle ... caption The nautical chronometer from HMS Beagle . material steel, mahogany, brass writing created ... 1828 , and once part of the equipment of HMS Beagle HMS Beagle , the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world, is held in the British Museum . The chronometer is object 91 in the BBC ..., Charles Darwin, in his book The Voyage of the Beagle and which lasted until 1836. It was on this journey that Darwin began to form the ideas published much later as On the Origin of Species . The Beagle ... the importance attached to these instruments. The Beagle voyage succeeded, for the first time ... highlight objects pe s chronometer from hms beagle.aspx Ship s chronometer from HMS Beagle , The British ... , no.13, Antiquarian Horological Society, 1977 James Taylor, The Voyage of the Beagle Darwin s Extraordinary ... accuracy in all climates around the world. ref name BM The Beagle was sent in 1831 on a survey mission ... to each ship unless the Captain personally owned one. In those cases the Admiralty would issue a second .... ref Gould, p.131. ref The Beagle however, would be gone for several years and was required to take .... From 1823 to 1830 it was with HMS Hecla 1815 HMS Hecla . Under the command of George Francis Lyon , Hecla had just returned from William Edward Parry s second expedition to find the Northwest Passage ... ship, HMS Fury 1814 HMS Fury had to be abandoned due to ice damage. Parry used Hecla again in an 1827 ..., Devon Devonport where the rate was checked and recorded. In December 1831 it was issued to HMS Beagle . The chronometer served on several other Royal Navy vessels before finally being acquired by the British ... readerscomp ships html sh 043500 hmshecla.htm HMS Hecla , Ships of the World An Historical Encyclopedia ... . http www.bbc.co.uk ahistoryoftheworld objects u6Qnc25jQ5OIO X92mZz6Q Ship s chronometer from HMS Beagle , A History of the World , BBC, retrieved 8 June 2010, http www.webcitation.org 5t9JQxDlw archived ...   more details



  1. Beagle

    The ship on which Charles Darwin made Second voyage of HMS Beagle his voyage which provided the material for his travel book The Voyage of the Beagle and much of the inspiration for On the Origin of Species was named HMS Beagle HMS Beagle after the breed, and, in turn, lent its name to the ill fated ... WikiProject Dog breeds Templates for more info. image Beagle 600.jpg name Beagle altname English Beagle fcigroup 6 fcisection 1 fcinum 161 fcistd http www.google.com search?q cache THL ceL FykJ ... Hound akcstd http www.akc.org breeds beagle index.cfm ankcgroup Group 4 Hounds ankcstd http www.ankc.org.au ... with red, lemon, or orange litter size 2 14 life span 12 15 years End Infobox The Beagle is a dog ... beagle type dogs have existed for over 2,000 years, the modern breed was developed in Great Britain around the 1830s from several breeds, including the Talbot dog Talbot Hound , the North Country Beagle ... s most famous beagle . ref name mostfamousbeagle cite web url http www.snoopy.com comics peanuts places ... Syndicate, Inc. accessdate 9 July 2007 ref History Early beagle type dogs Dogs of similar size and purpose to the modern Beagle Ref label A a none can be traced in Ancient Greece ref name dNSW The Beagle ... foot mutilated. ref Daglish p.7 ref If genuine, these laws would confirm that beagle type dogs were ... left The Southern Hound is thought to be an ancestor of the Beagle In the 11th century, William I of England ... to the Southern Hound which, in turn, is thought to be an ancestor of the modern day Beagle. Ref label B b none From medieval times, beagle was used as a generic description for the smaller hounds, though these dogs differed considerably from the modern breed. Miniature breeds of beagle type dogs ... I of England Queen Elizabeth I kept a breed known as a Pocket Beagle, which stood convert 8 to 9 ... Markham is quoted referring to the Beagle as small enough to sit on a man s hand and to the bquote little small mitten beagle, which may be companion for a ladies kirtle, and in the field will run ...   more details



  1. Voyage

    wiktionary Voyage or Voyages may refer to Voyage Chick Corea album Voyage Chick Corea album Voyage EP Voyage EP , by In Fear and Faith Voyage song , by Ayumi Hamasaki Voyage band , a disco music group Voyage Voyage album Voyage Stephen Baxter novel Voyage Stephen Baxter novel , a 1996 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter Voyage sans retour Voyage sans retour , an album by Malice Mizer Voyage, a 1989 album by Christy Moore The Voyage , a 1992 opera by Philip Glass The Voyage roller coaster , a roller coaster at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana Voyage Inspired by Jules Verne , a PC game Voyage Voyage , a 1987 song by Desireless TI 92 series Voyage 200 Voyage 200 , a calculator from Texas Instruments Voyage , a poem by Patti Smith from her 1996 book The Coral Sea book The Coral Sea Voyage film Voyage film , a 1993 American TV film directed by John Mackenzie Voyages Hotels & Resorts , company which operates resorts and tours in Australia Voyages poem Voyages poem , by Hart Crane disambig fr Voyage homonymie ja Voyage pl Voyage ru Voyage ...   more details



  1. The Voyage

    About the opera the roller coaster The Voyage roller coaster Unsourced image removed Image voyageopera.jpg thumb right CD of The Voyage Glass operas The Voyage is an opera in three acts plus a prologue and an epilogue by the American composer Philip Glass born 1937 . The libretto was written by David Henry Hwang . The work was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera , New York and first performed there on October 12, 1992 that date being the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas . The British premiere was in Leeds, England, performed by The City Of Leeds Youth Opera, with Johnathon Cliff and Mike Williamson as the directors, with Richard Pascoe playing Columbus. Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Premiere Cast, October 12, 1992 br Conductor Bruce Ferden Columbus bass baritone Timothy Noble Isabella mezzo soprano Tatiana Troyanos Scientist First Mate tenor Douglas Perry Commander soprano Patricia Schuman Ship s Doctor Space Twin 1 soprano Kaaren Erickson Second Mate Space Twin 2 bass vocal range bass Julien Robbins Earth Twin 1 mezzo soprano Jane Shaulis Earth Twin 2 bass Jan Opalach Synopsis Glass did not want to create a biographical opera about Columbus, especially in a year when there were countless films, documentaries and other events doing the same job. Instead he opted to make his opera a more general study of exploration of the oceans, of space and time and of the mind. Columbus remains a central character though, appearing in the second act and the epilogue. Prologue We see a scientist in a wheelchair reminding us of Professor Stephen Hawking , pondering time and space. He sings that despite man s inadequate mind, body and technology ... day of the voyage. Doubts are beginning to set in as they sail the endless blue ocean. Isabella appears ... of breaking her promises to him but she claims that he undertook his voyage for pride and vanity, guided ... by Dennis Russell Davies . Hwang DEFAULTSORT Voyage, The Category Operas by Philip Glass Category English ...   more details



  1. Voyage Voyage

    Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Voyage Voyage Cover Voyage Voyage Desireless cover.jpg ... Voyage Voyage br 1986 Next single John song John br 1988 Misc Audiosample Upper caption Audio sample Name Voyage Voyage Audio file Desireless Voyage Voyage excerpt.ogg Voyage Voyage is a 1986 song ... singer Kate Ryan also released a version of the song. Desireless version Chart performances Voyage Voyage , a song sung exclusively in French language French , managed the rare feat of featuring in several ... Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Ireland upon re release in 1988. Track listings 12 maxi Voyage Voyage extended remix 6 45 Voyage Voyage 4 12 7 single Voyage Voyage 4 12 Destin fragile instrumental ..., 2008 ref Germany ref cite gold platin title Voyage Voyage accessdate April 20, 2008 ref align center ... Chart 1986 1987 Peak br position Austrian Singles Chart ref name Lescharts Voyage Voyage , in various singles charts http lescharts.com showitem.asp?interpret Desireless&titel Voyage Voyage&cat ... hits in Norway number one single second run years 44 1987 s aft after You Win Again song You Win Again by Bee Gees end box Kate Ryan cover version Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Voyage Voyage Cover Voyage voyage Kate Ryan version .jpg Cover size Caption Artist Kate Ryan from Album ... for You Kate Ryan song All For You br 2007 This single Voyage Voyage br 2007 Next single L.I.L.Y. Like ... Kate Ryan album Free . Voyage Voyage came out as a double single, featuring We all belong which is the anthem ... but also a supportive song for gay and lesbians. However, Voyage Voyage was the only song to have ... ARS Entertainment, after her departure from EMI Belgium. Track listings CD single Voyage Voyage Voyage Voyage Extended Version We All Belong We All Belong Extended Version Charts class wikitable ... ref name Lescharts2 Voyage Voyage , by Kate Ryan, in various singles charts http lescharts.com showitem.asp?interpret Kate Ryan&titel Voyage voyage&cat s Lescharts.com Retrieved July 27, 2008 ref align ...   more details



  1. Beagle Channel

    of the Australian Commander Phillip Parker King , the Beagle s captain Pringle Stokes committed suicide and was replaced by captain Robert FitzRoy . The ship continued the survey in the second voyage of HMS Beagle second voyage of the Beagle under the command of captain FitzRoy who took Charles Darwin ... HMS Beagle HMS Beagle during its first hydrographic survey of the coasts of the southern part ...Refimprove date December 2008 File Canalbeagle.png right 350px thumb Beagle Channel, from the Pacific Ocean Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic File HMS Beagle by Conrad Martens.jpg thumb right HMS Beagle HMS Beagle at Ponsonby Sound in the Beagle Channel, by Conrad Martens . ref harvnb Keynes 2001 p http darwin online.org.uk content frameset?viewtype text&itemID F1925&pageseq 259 227 ref The Beagle ... end is the Darwin Sound and the east end is Nueva Island. The Beagle Channel, the Straits of Magellan ... around South America between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans. The Beagle Channel and the Straits ... safely use them, hence, most commercial shipping is through the Drake Passage. The Beagle Channel ... first Margaret E. contribution The Vatican Mediation of the Beagle Channel Dispute Crisis Intervention ... . Islands The Beagle Channel develops between several islands to the north lies Argentine Chilean Isla ... inside Chile. The western entrance of Beagle Channel is divided by Gordon Island into two channels ... 2008 12 22 ref Beagle Conflict Several small islands Beagle Channel cartography since 1881 Picton, Lennox and Nueva up to the Cape Horn were the subject of the long running Beagle conflict between ... the Chilean and Argentine Navy occurred in the waters of the Beagle Channel, for example the 1958 Snipe ... year. Image beagle canal panorama.jpg 650px thumb center Beagle Channel seen from above Puerto Williams . clear Gallery Gallery Image Beagle Channel La Isla de Los Lobos.jpg Sea Lions Island or La Isla de Los Lobos Image Beagle Channel 2006.JPG Beagle Channel, January 2006 Image BeagleChannelGlacier.jpg ...   more details



  1. Beagle (disambiguation)

    Wiktionary beagle Beagle is a breed of dog. It may also refer to Places Beagle Bay disambiguation Beagle Channel , a strait separating islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in extreme southern South America Beagle conflict , a border dispute between Argentina and Chile over the possession of the Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands Beagle crater , the crater on Mars explored by the Opportunity rover Beagle Gulf , Northern Territory, Australia Beagle Island , Tasmania, Australia Other A number of Royal Navy ships see HMS Beagle disambiguation HMS Beagle disambiguation Beagle 2 , a British Mars lander that crashed in 2003 Beagle Aircraft , a former British aircraft manufacturer Beagle software , a computer desktop search service Peter S. Beagle , an American fantasy writer Beagle beer , the brand name used by Cervecer a Fueguina, a brewery in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Beagle Board , a low power, low cost Single board computer produced by Texas Instruments The NATO reporting name of the Soviet Ilyushin Il 28 bomber aircraft 656 Beagle , a minor planet See also Baggle Bagle disambiguation Disambiguation ar bg cs Beagle de Beagle el Beagle es Beagle desambiguaci n fr Beagle homonymie ko it Beagle he lv Beagle hu Beagle egy rtelm s t lap nl Beagle ja pl Beagle pt Beagle desambigua o sk Beagle sl Beagle sr fi Beagle t smennyssivu sv Beagle tr Beagle ...   more details



  1. Beagle 2

    name reflected this goal, as Professor Pillinger explained HMS Beagle HMS Beagle was the ship that took Charles Darwin Darwin on his voyage around the world in the 1830s and led to our knowledge about life on Earth making a real quantum leap. We hope Beagle 2 will do the same thing for life on Mars ...Infobox Spacecraft Name Beagle 2 Image Image Beagle 2 replica.jpg 270px Major Contractors flagicon EU ... Resolution Swath Spectral Band Data Rate 2 or 8kbps 2 to 128kbps SSR IMG Resolution Refs Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful ... the surface, it may have hit too hard or else failed to make ground contact due to a fault. The Beagle 2 is named after the HMS Beagle which twice carried Charles Darwin during expeditions which would later lead to the theory of evolution . Background Beagle 2 was conceived by a group of British ... calendar Martian year 687 Earth days was thought possible. The Beagle 2 lander objectives were to characterize ... to design and build Beagle 2 . The principal members and their initial responsibilities were Open ... band Blur , and the test card Calibration Target Plate intended for calibrating Beagle 2 s cameras ... systems for controlling the Beagle 2 , analysis tools for processing engineering and scientific telemetry ... Test Model GTM . The GTM was composed of various builds of the Beagle 2 systems, collected together .... Spacecraft and subsystems Beagle 2 had a robotic arm known as the Payload Adjustable Workbench ... the samples contained the remnants of living organisms. In addition, Beagle 2 was equipped with a small ... of 20  mm per second and to burrow into the ground and collect a subsurface sample in a cavity ... 45 Coordinated Universal Time UTC 18 45 British Summer Time BST . The Beagle 2 was a Mars lander ... on a ballistic trajectory towards Mars on the 19th of December 2003 at 8 31 UT. Beagle 2 coasted for six ... landing and another the next local morning to confirm that Beagle 2 survived the landing and the first ... million United States dollar US 40 million on Beagle 2 , with the remainder of the total 44 million ...   more details



  1. Beagle (crater)

    This article is about the impact crater crater on Mars . For other uses, see Beagle disambiguation . MarsGeo Crater name Martian crater Beagle image Image Beagle Crater.jpg 200px The crater Beagle on the horizon region Meridiani Planum latitude 2.1 N or S S longitude 5.5 E or W W diameter 35 m depth Approx. 1 2 meters. discoverer Opportunity rover eponym HMS Beagle and Beagle 2 Beagle is a crater on Mars in Meridiani Planum which was explored by the Opportunity rover . It was located by the rover in images taken on Timekeeping on Mars sol 855 June 20, 2006 , 310 metre s 1,107 ft away. It is on the edge of the much larger ejecta blanket surrounding the crater Victoria crater Victoria , named the Victoria Annulus. ref cite web url http www.planetary.org news 2006 0731 Mars Exploration Rovers Update Spirit.html accessdate 2006 08 25 title Mars Exploration Rovers Update Spirit Completes Mission s Grandest Panorama, Opportunity Approaches Beagle Crater ref Image BeagleCrater.jpg thumb left 300px A navcam mosaic looking inside the crater Beagle on Mars. Taken on sol 898. See also List of craters on Mars Geography of Mars Other craters visited by Opportunity Eagle crater Eagle Fram crater Fram Endurance crater Endurance Arago Martian crater Arago Vostok crater Vostok Erebus crater Erebus Emma Dean crater Emma Dean Victoria crater Victoria References references External links http marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov Official Mars Rovers website http en.mars.bartal.org ?p 13 Martian crater Beagle panoramic image mars stub crater stub Category Impact craters on Mars bs Beagle krater es Beagle cr ter fr Beagle crat re no Beagle krater pt Beagle cratera sk Beagle kr ter ...   more details



  1. Beagle Boys

    for the second time. Since then the Beagle Boys have been a constant threat to Scrooge s huge money ... in the second. Their leader is usually Bigtime when Ma Beagle is not present. Sometimes one ... intelligent and the most sloppy of the Beagle Boys. He appeared more frequently in the second season ... to non speaking cameos in the second season. Other Beagle Boys consisted of Megabyte Beagle is the mechanical ...distinguish Beagle Bros refimprove date November 2010 Infobox character colour 4B89E6 name The Beagle Boys image Image Beaglefamily.png 300px caption A Beagle family photo, as seen in DuckTales . From left to right Burger, Baggy, Bouncer, Bigtime, Ma Beagle, Bugle, Bankjob, and Babyface. first Walt Disney ... actor Terry McGovern , Brian Cummings alias noinfo yes The Beagle Boys are a group of fictional character ... constantly try to rob Scrooge McDuck . Their introduction and first appearance was in Terror of the Beagle ... . Beagle Boys in comics Barks Rosa universe The Beagle Boys were originally created by Carl Barks , and made their first appearance in the 10 page story The Terror of the Beagle Boys WDC 134 that was first published in November 1951. Although the Beagle Boys are only shown very briefly on the last ... to feature the Beagle Boys in a major role is Only a Poor Old Man from March 1952, which serves as a template for virtually all future Beagle Boys appearances, and establishes them as a serious threat to steal Scrooge s fortune. The Beagle Boys are usually depicted as a gang of about six to ten members ... the Beagle Boys are led by their grandfather, Blackheart Beagle prison number 186 802 . The Blackheart character originates from two characters created by Carl Barks Blackheart Beagle, a riverboat pirate from The Fantastic River Race and Grandpa Beagle , who appeared in The Money Well . Don Rosa ... . According to Rosa, Blackheart Beagle semi retired in 1947, following a failed attempt at robbing ... The Beagle Boys in his Mississippi River Mississippi riverboat days, circa 1880. Those Beagle Boys ...   more details



  1. USS Beagle

    USS Beagle may refer to USS Beagle 1822 USS Beagle IX 112 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Beagle Category United States Navy ship names pl USS Beagle ...   more details



  1. Beagle Rupes

    name Watters2009 Beagle Rupes is named after the HMS Beagle , a ship made famous by Charles Darwin ...Infobox feature on Mercury name Beagle Rupes image Image Sveinsd ttir crater EN0108830230M.jpg 250px caption type Rupes latitude 1.9 N or S S longitude 258.89 E or W W coordinates footnotes ref name usgs cite web url http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov Feature 14390 title Beagle Rupes publisher USGS accessdate July 18, 2010 ref length 600 km ref name usgs eponym HMS Beagle ref name usgs Beagle Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury planet Mercury , one of the highest and longest yet seen. ref name usgs It was discovered in 2008 when MESSENGER made its first flyby of the planet. It has an arcuate shape and is about 600  km long. The scarp is a surface manifestation of a thrust fault , which formed when the planet contracted as its interior cooled. ref name Watters2009 cite journal last Watters first Thomas R. coauthors Solomon, Sean C. Robinson, Mark S. et al. title The tectonics of Mercury The view after MESSENGER s first flyby journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters year 2009 volume 285 issue 3 4 pages 283 296 doi 10.1016 j.epsl.2009.01.025 bibcode 2009E&PSL.285..283W ref Beagle Rupes consists of three segments. The central segment trends in the north south direction and crosscuts the elliptically shaped Sveinsd ttir crater Sveinsd ttir crater . The dimensions of the latter are nowrap 220 120 km . The floor of Sveinsd ttir was flooded by the smooth plains material and deformed by wrinkle ridge s before the appearance of Beagle Rupes. The maximum relief within the crater is about 0.8  km. To the south of Sveinsd ttir the scarp turns to the south east. A 27  km diameter crater is superposed on this segment. To the north of Sveinsd ttir the scarp turns to north east completing a large arc. This segment of Beagle Rupes crosscuts and deforms a small 17  km diameter crater. The relief in this places reaches 1.5  km. The scarp appears to be a young feature, which ...   more details




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