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VOYAGES
OF THE
ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE.
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VOLUME I.
P. P. KingT. Landseer
PATAGONIAN.
Published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1838
NARRATIVE
OF THE
SURVEYING VOYAGES
OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS
ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE,
BETWEEN
THE YEARS 1826 AND 1836,
DESCRIBING THEIR
EXAMINATION OF THE SOUTHERN SHORES
OF
SOUTH AMERICA,
AND
THE BEAGLE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE.
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IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
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LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
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1839.
LONDON:
Printed by. J. L. Cox and Sons, 75, Great Queen Street,
Lincoln's-Inn Fields.
VOLUME I.
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PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE FIRST EXPEDITION,
1826—1830,
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
CAPTAIN P. PARKER KING,
R.N., F.R.S.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF MINTO, G.C.B.,
FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER
OF THE
ADMIRALTY.
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MY LORD:
I have the honour of dedicating to your lordship, as Head of the Naval Service, this narrative of the Surveying Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836.
Originated by the Board of Admiralty, over which Viscount Melville presided, these voyages have been carried on, since 1830, under his lordship's successors in office.
Captain King has authorized me to lay the results of the Expedition which he commanded, from 1826 to 1830, before your lordship, united to those of the Beagle's subsequent voyages.
I have the honour to be,
MY LORD,
Your lordship's obedient servant,
ROBERT FITZ-ROY.