Götz Kluge's photos with the keyword: HMS Beagle

This print shows the HMS Beagle laid ashore at Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz river, 50.1125°S and 68.3917°W, 1834-04-16. The etching is based on a drawing by Conrad Martens and has been published in Francis Darwin, "Life and Letters of Charles Darwin", p. 160, 1888. Conrad Martens’ drawing had been engraved already in 1838 by Thomas Landseer and published by H. Colburn in "The Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle". There is a little Easter egg in the image, but you don't have to wait until Easter to frame it nicely and give it away as a Christmas present to family & friends: The image is an assemblage of two Victorian prints: I took the liberty to add two persons (drawn by Henry Holiday and cut by Joseph Swain in Lewis Carroll’s "The Hunting of the Snark", 1876) to the image. But I didn’t touch the vessel. The resolution already is quite high. In snrk.de/page_snarked-beagle you can find a vectorized version of my assemblage for large posters.

I posted this as a 4758 x 3102 image earlier, but this one is much bigger: 8000x5200. It is an enlargement of the vectorized version of the earlier image. This ship played an important role in the history of science . Its probably most well known passanger was Charles Darwin. However, the Bellman carrying the Banker from Lewis Carroll's and Henry Holiday's "Hunting of the Snark" sneaked into the image. The print is based on a drawing by Conrad Martens , etching published in: Francis Darwin, Life and Letters of Charles Darwin , p. 160, 1888. Conrad Martens' drawing has been engraved by Thomas Landseer and published in the year 1838 by H. Colburn in The Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle . Date: 1834-04-16 Location: Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz river, 50.1125°S and 68.3917°W maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5... That is the position calculated by Captain Robert FitzRoy (who had no GPS). The error was small. The drawing shows that the site must have been a river bank (50.13°S, 68.39°W?) near the calculated position. See also: darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F10.2&vi... thebeagleproject.blogspot.com/2009/04/keel-overhauled-175... beagleproject.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/two-feet-from-sink... commons.wikimedia.org: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheBeagleLaidAshore.png

Vectorized engraving A Phosphorescent Sea HMS Beagle from What Mr. Darwin saw in his voyage round the world in the ship "Beagle" (New York, Harper, 1898, c1879)

Size Height: 17.6 cm (6.9 in) Width: 20.8 cm (8.2 in) Depth: 20.8 cm (8.2 in) Location Room 39 case 10 Description: The Beagle chronometer. In the British Museum. Maker: Thomas Earnshaw Date 27 June 2010 Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). See also: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_Marine_Chronometer.jpg For collecting time you don't need a subscription. And time doesn't take bribes. 381 · · “As to temper the Jubjub ’s a desperate bird, 382 · · · · Since it lives in perpetual passion: 383 · · Its taste in costume is entirely absurd— 384 · · · · It is ages ahead of the fashion: 385 · · “But it knows any friend it has met once before: 386 · · · · It never will look at a bribe : 387 · · And in charity-meetings it stands at the door, 388 · · · · And collects—though it does not subscribe. 389 · · “ Its flavour when cooked is more exquisite far 390 · · · · Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs: 391 · · (Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar , 392 · · · · And some, in mahogany kegs :) 393 · · “You boil it in sawdust : you salt it in glue: 394 · · · · You condense it with locusts and tape: 395 · · Still keeping one principal object in view— 396 · · · · To preserve its symmetrical shape .” See also: ※ www.academia.edu/9970930/Hunting_Snark_with_Charles_Darwin ※ www.quora.com/unanswered/Is-Lewis-Carrolls-%E2%80%9CJubjub%E2%80%9D-a-riddle-about-%E2%80%9Ctime%E2%80%9D-and-or-%E2%80%9Cchronometer%E2%80%9D

[left]: HMS Beagle Among Porpoises (183X) by Robert Taylor Pritchett. [right]: A vessel in an illustration by Henry Holiday to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark (1876). The shape of the vessels is pretty generic, but William Snow Harris' new lightning conductors were a special feature of the HMS Beagle.

"A sailing ship: the brig H. M. S. Beagle . It is commanded by the bigoted Captain Robert Fitz Roy. The year is 1831. On board, a brain explosion. With a delay of about two centuries of Physics, it is shattered by the the Galileo of Biology. The following stages: In 1838 the theory of natural selection was completed. In 1859 comes the Origin of Species. · · Fade-over. · · When it returns into the scene, it is still a ship. A sailing ship, of course. The Beagle took to the sea again? The year is 1874: Darwin is still alive, well and chatty." (Adriano Orefice) Images: [left]: Illustration "He had wholly forgotten his name" by Henry Holiday to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark (1876) [right]: "Crossing the Line" (1839), redrawn (2013) based on a print by Thomas Landseer, after Augustus Earle. The print you will find in Robert Fitz-Roy's Narrative of the surveying voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle , Vol II (1839). This comparison is related to my assumption that Lewis Carroll's and Henry Holiday's The Hunting of the Snark at least partially has been inspired by Charles Darwin's explorational Beagle voyage.

Assembled scans from original 19th century sources: • Illustration by H. Holiday to The Hunting of the Snark, 1876 • Inlay: Print based on a drawing (1834-04-16) by Conrad Martens , etching published in: Francis Darwin, Life and Letters of Charles Darwin , p. 160, 1888. Conrad Martens' drawing has been engraved by T. Landseer and published in the year 1838 by H. Colburn in The Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle .

This ship played an important role in the history of science . Print based on a drawing by Conrad Martens , etching published in: Francis Darwin, Life and Letters of Charles Darwin , p. 160, 1888. Conrad Martens' drawing has been engraved by Thomas Landseer and published in the year 1838 by H. Colburn in The Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle . Date: 1834-04-16 Location: Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz river, 50.1125°S and 68.3917°W maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5... That is the position calculated by Captain Robert FitzRoy (who had no GPS). The error was small. The drawing shows that the site must have been a river bank (50.13°S, 68.39°W?) near the calculated position. See also: darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F10.2&vi... thebeagleproject.blogspot.com/2009/04/keel-overhauled-175... beagleproject.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/two-feet-from-sink... Vector graphics (slightly snarked version): www.ipernity.com/doc/goetzkluge/19726411 commons.wikimedia.org: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheBeagleLaidAshore.png