• Title
  File 2: Drawings made on the Voyage of the Beagle, 1831-1836 / S. Covington
• Creator
  Syms Covington, 1813-1861
• Call number
  PXD 41
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  1831-1836
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  839582
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  18 drawings (on 5 sheets) - various sizes - sepia wash and pencil
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Syms Covington accompanied Mr Darwin as his personal attendant and helped to collect zoological specimens, particularly birds. Some years after the return of the 'Beagle', Mr Covington emigrated to N.S.W. where he spent the rest of his days.
• Scope and Content
  Drawings include Views of Porto Praya, Bahia, the Abrolhos islets, the entrance to Rio, the entrance to Santa Cruz River, Woolya Cove showing the Beagle's boats, the three wigwams and the embryonic garden prepared for the Fuegians whom Captain Fitzroy here restored to their native land ..., the entrance to the River Derwent, Tasmania, showing the lighthouse, King George's Sound, W.A., Keeling Islands, St. Helena, and Pernambuco.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project 2008-2009
• General note
  
  Unsigned, or no signature visible.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 971477
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
  
• Name
  Beagle (Ship)
  Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
  
• Topic
  lighthouses
  boats
  voyages & travels
  
• Place
  Tasmania
  South America
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Charles Darwin Down Under 1836
  The legacy of Charles Darwin in Australia
  Charles Darwin: voyages and ideas that shook the world
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE4385906

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