HMS Beagle: Conrad Martens (1801-78), 'View of Port Famine, Strait of Magellan', oil on board, 18 x 26 cm, with a lengthy description on the reverse, early wooden frame. The verso inscription reads 'Port Famine. Straits of Magellan/ The anchorage of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle 1827 to 1830, and Beagle in 1833/ drawn by Conrad Martens/ artist H.M.S. Beagle/ to the order of Capt. Fitzroy/ where I spent many happy days as a lad amidst the snow and ice'. Charles Darwin states, in 'The Journal of the Voyage of the Beagle', for February 13th 1834 - 'The day has been splendid clear. Sarmento gleaming like a solid mass of snow came quite close to us I made the most of it and enjoyed a pleasant stroll with Mr Bennett (Captain's coxswain and quartermaster) and Martens - there is little fear of indians - we however found a wigwam which was not very old'. This is the exact view that Charles Darwin describes, complete with a wigwam. The Beagle can be also seen. Charles Darwin visited Port Famine a number of times between 1832 and 1834 during the second voyage of the Beagle. Ex Philip Gidley King (1817-1904, son of Phillip Parker King & grandson of Philip Gidley King), midshipman on HMS Beagle and a lifelong friend of Charles Darwin
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