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As to the geographical descriptions, the vast majority were obtained by personal visits to the actual locations. FitzRoy and Darwin themselves provided plenty of supplementary assistance, as did
A Journey in Brazil
by Louis Agassiz (1868, modern ed. by Praeger, Westport, CT, 1970),
Giants of Patagonia
by Captain Bourne (Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1853), and
The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron
(Baker & Leitch, 1778). John Campbell’s
In Darwin’s Wake
(Waterline, 1997) provided specific information regarding the
Beagle’s
South American anchorages.

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