Christ's/Stanbury/STAN/1 contains:
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6	"Young Gentlemen"
7	"The Ship"
8	"Old Salts"
9	"Victuals Only"
10	"Philosopher Darwin"
11	"Fitting Out"
12	"Forest of Delights"
13	"Outward Bound"
14	"New Worlds"
15	"Patagonian Pampas"
16	"Forts and Fossils"
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Stanbury collection

Title	"Fitting Out"
Reference	STAN/1/11
Covering Dates	1968–1998
Extent and Medium	1 Folder; Paper

Content and context

Typed diary account of the six months it took to prepare the Beagle for sailing including repairs, alterations, stores and provisions. It includes accounts of Charles Darwin's visits to the ship in letters to his sister Caroline, the delayed departures due to weather and the final luncheon ashore on 27 December 1831.

Index Terms

Beagle (Ships)

Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882) naturalist

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