Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle 3 Volume Set

Volume 1: 1. Departure from Monte Video; 2. Enter the Strait of Magalhaens (or Magellan); 3. Prepare the Beagle for surveying the Strait; 4. Eagle Bay - Gabriel Channel; 5. Loss of the Saxe Coburg sealer; 6. Patagonians; 7. Leave Rio de Janeiro; 8. Humming-birds, Fuegians, whales; 9. Winter setting in, scurvy; 10. Account of the Beagle's cruise; 11. Bad weather, perilous situation; 12. Adventure sails from Rio de Janeiro to the River Plata; 13. Beagle and Adelaide anchor in Possession Bay; 14. Frost and snow; 15. Extracts from the journals of Lieutenants Skyring and Graves; 16. Province and islands of Chilóe; 17. Beagle sails to sea coast of Tierra del Fuego; 18. Adelaide's last cruise; 19. Termination of the Andes, zoological remarks; 20. Beagle sails from San Carlos; 21. Cape Desolation; 22. Mr Murray discovers the Beagle Channel; 23. Glaciers, mountains, tides; 24. A few nautical remarks upon the passage round Cape Horn; Appendix; Index. Volume 2: 1. Fuegians in London, Beagle recommissioned; 2. Mr. Darwin, persons on board; 3. Sail from England, cross equator; 4. Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video; 5. Fossils, animals, fish, climate; 6. Beagle visits Buenos Ayres, sail for Tierra del Fuego; 7. Southern Aborigines of South America; 8. Horse Indians of Patagonia; 9. Fuegians; 10. Set out to land Matthews and the Fuegians, sail for the Falkland Islands; 11. Historical sketch of the Falkland Islands; 12. First appearance of Falklands; 13. Sail from Falklands; 14. River Negro; 15. Beagle and Adventure sail from Monte Video; 16. Lay Beagle ashore for repair, view of surrounding country; 17. Enter Pacific, Chile; 18. Earthquake; 19. Shells, coal, scenery, night travelling; 20. Challenger wrecked on the mainland, crew saved; 21. Andes, Galapagos, land-tortoises, volcanoes; 22. Otaheite, Papiete, missionaries; 23. Continuation of the meeting at Papiete, sail from Otaheite, Feejee Islands; 24. New Zealand; 25. Missionaries, trade, settlers; 26. Sydney, Hobart Town, Mauritius, Azores; 27. Remarks on the early migrations of the human race; 28. A very few remarks with reference to the Deluge; Index. Volume 3: Preface; 1. Porto Praya; 2. Rio de Janeiro, excursion north of Cape Frio; 3. Monte Video, excursion to R. Polanco; 4. Rio Negro; 5. Bahía Blanca; 6. Set out for Buenos Ayres; 7. Excursion to St. Fe; 8. Monte Video, excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento; 9. Rio Plata; 10. Santa Cruz, expedition up river; 11. Tierra del Fuego; 12. Falkland Islands; 13. Strait of Magellan; 14. Valparaiso, excursion to base of Andes; 15. Chiloe; 16. San Carlos, Chiloe; 17. Valparaiso, passage of Andes by Portillo pass; 18. Bell mountain, excursion to Cordillera; 19. Galapagos Islands volcanic; 20. Tahiti, New Zealand; 21. Sydney, Van Diemen's Land; 22. Keeling Island; 23. Mauritius, Brazil, Azores; Addenda; Index.