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1831: HMS Beagle, a 10-gun, Cherokee-class brig sloop of the Royal Navy's survey service, sets sail from Plymouth, England on its second voyage as a survey vessel. On board, at the invitation of ...

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1831: HMS Beagle, a 10-gun, Cherokee-class brig sloop of the Royal Navy's survey service, sets sail from Plymouth, England on its second voyage as a survey vessel. On board, at the invitation of ...