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The Journal of Syms Covington

Assistant to Charles Darwin Esq.
on the Second Voyage of the HMS Beagle

December 1831 - September 1836

Postmaster of Pambula, New South Wales

Edited and Annotated by Vern Weitzel

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Contents

• Chapter One: Expanding Worlds - An Introduction to the Journal
• Chapter Two: Plymouth, at the Brink
• Chapter Three: From Brazil to the Land of Fire
• Chapter Four: Second Year at the End of the World
• Chapter Five: Fog, Mist and Shoals
• Chapter Six: Abroad the Pacific
• Chapter Seven: From the Antipodes to England
• Chapter Eight: Epilogue
• Suggested Readings
• Appendix A: Crew List
• Appendix B: Covington's Travels

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• Portrait of Syms Covington, reproduced courtesy of the Merimbula-Imlay Historical Society Inc.
• Sketch by Syms Covington: 'The Beagle at the entrance to the Santa Cruz River', reproduced courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales [Mitchell Library reference PXD 41 f 5d.].

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Published by the Australian Science Archives Project on ASAPWeb, 23 August 1995

Date modified: 17 March 1998

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