A Note about Footnotes
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary
1872“The Hassler Glacier in the Straits of Magellan.” In Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XXX, October, No. CLXXX. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.
1873 “In the Straits of Magellan.” In Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XXXI, January, No. CLXXXIII. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.
Albo, Francisco
ca. 1522 “Log-Book of Francisco Alvo or Alvaro.” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
Alonso, Scrivener to His Majesty
ca. 1535 “Narrative of the Events which happened in the fleet of Simon de Alcazaba.” In Markham: Early Spanish Voyages….
Anonymous Portuguese
ca. 1522 “Narrative of the Anonymous Portuguese.” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
Banks, Sir Joseph
1773 “An Account of What Happened in ascending a Mountain to Search for Plants.” In An Account of the Voyages … Performed by … Captain Cook (Vol. II, Book I, Chapter IV). London:W. Strahan & T. Cadell.
[1896] Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks. London: Macmillan & Co. [2005 Elibron Classics reprint].
Barclay, W[illiam] S[inger]
1926 The Land of Magellan. London: Methuen & Co.
Barros, João de
1563 Da Ásia: Decada Terceira, Parte Primeira. 1778 reprint edition. Lisbon: Régia Officina Typografica.
Bautista, Mestre (thought to be)
ca. 1522 “Navigation and Voyage which Fernando de Magalhāes Made from Seville to Maluco in the Year 1519.” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
1853 The Captive in Patagonia, or Life Among the Giants. Boston: Gould and Lincoln.
The Giants of Patagonia: Captain Bourne's Account of his Captivity Amongst the Extraordinary Savages of Patagonia. London: Ingram, Cooke & Co.
Modern reprint edition is available here:
Patagonia Shop
amazon.com
Bridges, E. Lucas
1948 Uttermost Part of the Earth. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
2007 Uttermost Part of the Earth: A History of Tierra del Fuego and the Fuegians. Reprint edition. New York: The Rookery Press.
Brito, Antonio
1523 Letter of Antonio Brito to the King of Portugal. In Navarrete: Coleccion de los Viages … (vol. IV, pp 305-311).
Burney, James
1803
A Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea. 5 volumes (Parts), 1967 reprint edition. Amsterdam: Nico Israel, New York: Da Capo Press.
Part 1, Chapter III: “Sequel of the Voyage after the Death of Magellan.”
Part 2, Chapter 1: “Voyage of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, from Peru to the Strait of Magalhanes.”
Part 2, Chapter II: “Expedition of Pedro Sarmiento to fortify the Strait of Magalhanes.”
Byron, John
1764-66
Byron's Journal of His Circumnavigation: 1764-1766. 1964 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
See also Hawkesworth.
de Camargo, Alonso
1539-41 “Expedition Sent by The Bishop of Plasencia…” In Markham: Early Spanish Voyages … .
Chapman, Anne
2006 Darwin in Tierra del Fuego. Buenos Aires: Imago Mundi.
2010 European Encounters with the Yamana People of Cape Horn, Before and After Darwin. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Cook, James
1893
Captain Cook's Journal during his First Voyage Round the World Made in H.M. Bark “Endeavor” 1768-71. London: Elliot Stock.
Brief Excerpt giving Cook's account of the Banks/Solander excursion at Good Success Bay.
Correa, Gaspar
1861 “Correa's Account of Magellan's Voyage.” Portuguese original in Correa's Lendas de India, Tomo II, Parte II, Cap. XIV, pp. 625-634. Lisbon: Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias. English translation in Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
Covington, Syms
1831-36 “The Journal of Syms Covington.” Online edition on Australian Science Archives Project website.
Darwin, Charles Robert
See Woram: Darwin's Journal … below for a comparison of selected editions listed here.
1835
Notes on the Geology of places visited on the Voyage. Darwin Online:
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=image&itemID=CUL-DAR37&pageseq=237
1839
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. London: Henry Colburn.
Volume 3: Darwin's Journal and Remarks. 1832-1836.
Volumes 1-2: (see Robert FitzRoy, 1839 below)
1839, 45
Journal of Researches …. London: Henry Colburn (1839), John Murray (1845).
Compare text in both editions.
1846Geological Observations on South America. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
1876 Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited during the Voyage of HMS ‘Beagle’ 2nd edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
1898Geological Observations … 3rd edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Part II, Chapters VIII, XIII & XIV Excerpts in which Darwin comments on the San Sebastian Channel, the Abrolhos Islets, and the sketches found on Plate 1 in this book.
NOTE: To view the plate, with links to the excerpt, see the “Sketches” entry in the Darwin listing on the Maps & Charts page.
1905 The Voyage of the “Beagle”: Journal of Researches … First known edition to use “Voyage …” as title. London: Amalgamated Press Ltd.
1933 Charles Darwin's Diary of the Voyage of H. M. S. “Beagle.” Edited from the MS by Nora Barlow. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1988
Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary. Edited by Richard Darwin Keynes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
See Woram, 2011 below for a comparison of selected Journal and Voyage editions.
Darwin, Charles Robert & Robert FitzRoy
— Description of Rio Santa Cruz Expedition in FitzRoy's Narrative (1839) and Darwin's Diary (1933 & 1988).
del Cano, Juan Sebastián
1522 “Examination of Elcano, Alvo the Pilot, and Bustamente at Vallodolid, October 18th, 1522.” In Mitchell: Elcano: The First Circumnavigator.
Destombes, Marcel
1955
“The Chart of Magellan.” In Imago Mundi, Volume XII, pp. 65-88. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill.
Includes reproduction of ca. 1522 chart by Pedro Reinel.
Dickson, Peter W.
2009 The Magellan Myth: Reflections on Columbus, Vespucci and the Waldseemueller Map of 1507. Arlington, VA: Peter W. Dickson.
[Drake, Sir Francis]
1619 The World Encompassed By Sir Francis Drake. (Bound with Schouten: The Relation of A Wonderful Voyage …) Cleveland: 1966 Facsimile Edition.
Falkner, Thomas
1774
A Description of Patagonia and the Adjoining Parts of South America. 1935 Reprint. Chicago: Armann & Armann.
Includes Thomas Kitchin map of southern South America.
FitzRoy, Robert
1831-34 Captain's Log: HMS Beagle, 1830 Jan. 1 - 1834 December 31. ADM 51/3054. Kew, United Kingdom: National Archives.
1835-40 Captain's Log: HMS Beagle, 1835 Jan. 1 - 1840 December 31. ADM 51/3055. Kew, United Kingdom: National Archives.
FitzRoy, Robert et al
1825-40 HMS Beagle Ship's Logs. Available online at the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) website.
| Start Date | End Date | Record | Log Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1825: 16 September | 1828: 14 December | ADM53, Log 239 | (unknown) |
| 1830: 1 January | 1830: 30 October | ADM 51, Log 3054, Vol. 1 | FitzRoy |
| 1831: 4 July | 1834: 31 December, page 1 | ||
| 1831: 4 July | 1836: 17 November, page 1 | ADM 53, Log 236, Vol. 1 | Chaffers (Master) |
| 1835: 1 January | 1836: 17 November | ADM 51, Log 3055, Vol. 1 | FitzRoy |
| 1837: 18 February | 1840: 31 December, page 1 |
1839 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. London: Henry Colburn.
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Phillip Parker King, Pringle Stokes (authors), Robert FitzRoy (author/editor)
Volume 1: Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830, under the Command of Captain P. Parker King, R. N., F. R. S. -
Robert FitzRoy (author)
Volume 2: Proceedings of the Second Expedition, 1831-1836, under the Command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R. N. -
Charles Darwin (author)
Volume 3: Journal and Remarks (see Darwin's Journal of Researches, 1839, 45 above) -
Robert FitzRoy (author/editor)
[un-numbered volume] Appendix to the Second Volume.
Table of Latitudes … in Appendix.
Guillemard, F[rancis] H[enry] H[ill]
1890 The Life of Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe. London: George Philip & Son.
Hakluyt, Richard
1589 The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or over Land … . London: George Bishop & Ralph Newberie.
Hawkesworth, John [Editor]
1768
An Account of the Voyages … by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook … . London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell.
See also Byron.
Henslow, John Stevens
1837 “Description of two new species of Opuntia; with remarks on the Structure of the Fruit of Rhipsalis….” In Magazine of Zoology and Botany. Volume 1, pp. 466-469. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars.
Hernandez, Tomé
1620 “Declaration … What Happened to the Settlements … in the Strait of Magellan….” Document V, in Sarmiento: Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ….
Herrera, Antonio de
1601 “Que se puso a punto de armada par a los Malucos, y que personas yuan [?, estuvieron?] en ella, y la orden que fe les dio.” In Década Tercera: Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano. Lib. Septimo, Cap. V, pp. 273-275. Madrid: Juan Flamenco & Juan de la Cuesta.
Illustrated London News
1859 “Telescopic Philanthropy.” In No. 1007, Vol. XXXV, December 17, pp. 567-68. London: Illustrated London News.
Kerney, Michael [translator]
1885
The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci: Translated from the rare original edition (Florence, 1505-6). London: Bernard Quaritch.
Kerney's “Summary of Vespucci's Third Voyage.”
Keynes, Richard Darwin
1979 The Beagle Record: Selections from the original pictorial records and written accounts of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
King, Phillip Parker
1831
“Some Observations upon the Geography of the Southern Extremity of South America, Tierra del Fuego, and the Strait of Magalhaens; made during the late Survey of those coasts in his Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1830.” In Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol I, pp. 155-175. London: John Murray.
Chart of a Part of South America engraved by J. Gardner inserted between pages 156 & 157.
[1832] Sailing Directions for the Coasts of Eastern and Western Patagonia … Including the Strait of Magalhaens and the Sea Coast of Tierra del Fuego. London: Admiralty Hydrographical Office. 2007 Reprint. Delhi, India: Pranava Books.
1839 Proceedings of the First Expedition (of HMS Adventure and Beagle). See FitzRoy et al above for details.
Law, Reverend V. Marshall
1900 “The Fate of the Beagle.” In The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. LVII, May, pp. 86-90. New York & London: McClure, Phillips and Company.
Lester, Toby
2009 The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth and the Epic Story of the Map That gave America its Name. New York: Free Press.
Magellan, Ferdinand
1520 “Order of the Day.” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
Markham, Clements E. [editor]
1911 Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan. London: Hakluyt Society, Second Series, no. 28. Contents include:
- Expedition of the Comendador Loaysa to Maluco
- Instructions [see “Notes” (? button, above) for details]
- Narrative of the Loaysa Expedition by Captain Andres de Urdaneta
- Description of the Strait of Magellan by the Pilot Martin de Uriarte
- Narrative of the Voyage of the Pinnace Santiago
- Narrative of the expedition of Simon de Alcazaba
- Introduction and Log Fragment from expedition of Bishop of Plasencia.
- Narrative of the Voyage of the Nodals
- (various other accounts)
Marquardt, Karl Heinz
1997 HMS Beagle: Survey Ship Extraordinary. London: Conway Publishing.
Maximilianus of Transylvania
1522 “Letter of Maximilian, the Transylvan.” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
1550 “Epistola de Massimiliano Transilvano.” In Ramusio, vol. I, pp. 347-353, Delle Navigationi et Viaggi. Venice.
Mitchell, Mairin
1958
Elcano: The First Circumnavigator. London: Herder Publications.
See del Cano, above.
Morshead, William Henry Anderson
1852 “Death By Starvation of the Patagonian Mission.” In The Illustrated London News. May 1, p. 331. London: Illustrated London News.
“The Patagonian Mission.” In The Illustrated London News. May 8, pp. 380-82. London: Illustrated London News.
Narbrough, John
1694
“A Journal kept by Captain John Narbrough, &c.” In An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries …. 1969 Reprint, Amsterdam: Nico Israel.
Includes Straits of Magellan map engraved by John Sturt.
Navarrete, Martin Fernandez de
1823-37
Coleccion de los Viages y Descubrimientos que Hicieron por Mar los Españoles. 5 vols., Madrid: Imprenta Nacional. Volumes:
1 & 2: 1823
3: 1829
4 & 5: 1837. See de la Torre, below.
ca. 1522 “Account of What Happened to the Ship ‘Trinity’ and Her Crew After She Parted Company with the ‘Victoria.’ ” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
de Nodal, Bartolomè Garcia & Gonzalo de Nodal
1621
Relacion del Viaje … al Descubrimiento del Estrecho Nuevo de San Vicente … y Reconocimiento del de Magallanes. Madrid, Spain: Fernando Correa de Montenegro.
with Strait of Magellan map by de Courbes.
1769
Relacion del Viage … al Descubrimiento del Estrecho Nuevo de San Vicente … y Reconocimiento del de Magallanes. Cadiz, Spain: Don Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros.
with Strait of Magellan map by de Rueda.
“Narrative of the Voyage of the Nodals.” 1911 translation, based on 1621 and 1769 editions. In Markham: Early Spanish Voyages … .
Pennant, Thomas
1793 “The Literary Life of the Late Thomas Pennant, Esq. by Himself. London: Benjamin and John White, Robert Fauler.
Pigafetta, Antonio
n. d. “Pigafetta's Account of Magellan's Voyage.” In Stanley: The First Voyage Round the World, by Magellan.
1906
Magellan's Voyage Around the World. Italian “Ambrosian” manuscript (verso) with English translation (recto), James Alexander Robertson, editor.
Vol. 1: From beginning to vocabulary of heathen people (Chapters I-XXVIII in Beinecke ms.).
Vol. 2: From burning of ship Concepción to end (XXIX-XLVIII).
Vol. 3: Index & Bibliography.
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company.
1969
Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation.
Vol. 1: English Translation by Raleigh Ashlin Skelton of French ms. at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Vol. 2: Facsimile of the French manuscript.
New Haven: Yale University Press.
Pohl, Frederick J.
1944 Amerigo Vespucci, Pilot Major. New York: Columbia University Press.
Popper, Julius
1887 “Exploration of Tierra del Fuego.” Translated from the Bulletin of the Argentine Geographical Institute. Buenos Aires: L. Jacobsen & Co.
Ramusio, M. Giovanni Battista
ca. 1522 “Discourse of M. Giovanni Battista Ramusio upon the Voyage Made by the Spaniards Round the World.” In Stanley: The First Voyage round the World, by Magellan.
1550 “Discorso Sopra il Viaggio Fatto da gli Spagnuoli intorno al Mondo.” In Ramusio, vol. I, p. 346 (verso), Delle Navigationi et Viaggi. Venice.
Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro
1768 Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes por el Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa … . Madrid: Imprenta Real de la Gazeta.
1895 Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa … . London: Hakluyt Society, First Series, no. 91.
[Schouten, William Cornelison & Isaac Le Maire]
1619 The Relation of a Wonderful Voyage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne. (Bound with Drake: The World Encompassed) Cleveland: 1966 Facsimile Edition.
Seixas y Lovera, Francisco
1690 Descripcion Geographica, y Derrotero de la Region Austral Magallanica. Madrid: Antonio de Zafra.
The 1775 Cruz Cano map contains a reference to this work.
Snow, W[illiam] Parker
1857 A Two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts.
Stanley of Alderly, Lord Henry Edward John [editor]
1874 The First Voyage Round the World, by Magellan: Translated from the Accounts of Pigafetta. London: Hakluyt Society, First Series, no. 52. Contents include:
- The Genoese Pilot's Account of Magellan's Voyage
- Narrative of the Anonymous Portuguese
- Pigafetta's Account of Magellan's Voyage
- Magellan's Order of the Day in the Straits
- Discourse of M. Giovanni Battista Ramusio … *
- Letter of Maximilian, the Transylvan
- Log-Book of Francisco Alvo or Alvaro
- Navarrete's Account of What Happened to the Ship “Trinity …”
- Stanley's Account of the Mutiny in Port St. Julian
- Gaspar Correa's Account of the Voyage
- (various other accounts)
* Ramusio's “Discourse” is not listed in Stanley's Table of Contents.
Steel, Emily
2011 He Is No Loss: Robert McCormick and the Voyage of HMS Beagle. London: British Society for the Advancement of Science.
Torre, Hernando de la
1526 “Derrotero del viage y navegacion de la armada de Loaisa …” In Navarrete: Coleccion de los Viages y Descubrimientos… volume 5. 1837, Madrid: Imprenta Nacional.
de Urdaneta, Andres
1526 “Narrative of the Loaysa Expedition …” In Markham: Early Spanish Voyages … .
de Uriarte, Martin
1526 “Detailed Description of the Straits of Magellan by the Pilot …” In Markham: Early Spanish Voyages … .
Vaz, Lopez
1586 “The History of Lopez Vaz a Portugall.” In Samuel Purchas (1906): Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Volume XVII, pp. 247-292. Glascow: James MacLehose & Sons.
Vespucci, Amerigo
1503 “Letter to Lorenzo di Medici.” In The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of his Career. 1894: Vol. 90, pp. 42-52. London: The Hakluyt Society.
1504 “Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a ‘Magnificent Lord.’” In The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of his Career. 1894: Vol. 90, pp. 34-41. London: The Hakluyt Society.
Winsor, Justin [Editor]
1886
Volume II: Narrative and Critical History of America: Spanish Exploration and Settlements in America from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
With sketch map of Schöner globe.
Wood, John
1699 “Captain Wood's Voyage Through the Streights of Magellan, &c.” In Hacke: A Collection of Voyages. London: James Knapton.
Woram, John
2009
Here Be Giants: Travelers's Tales from the Land of the Patagons. Rockville Centre, NY: Rockville Press.
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2011 Ship's Company, Passenger List & Fate of HMS Beagle.
Darwin's Journal … & Voyage …: Comparison of Selected Editions.
2012 On the Locations of Cutfinger Cove, Portait Cove & Bahía Windhond.
Some Place Names from Early Voyages to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.