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THE FIRST EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, EACH VOLUME INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FITZROY (1806-1865), commander of the second voyage, and author of the second volume Proceedings of the Second Expedition 1831-1836.
The first volume of the Narrative contains Captain King's account of the expedition in the Adventure between 1826 and 1830. The third volume is Charles Darwin's Journal and Remarks which record in detail an account of his fieldwork.
A document in the National Archives, in the 'Pratt Manuscripts' held at Kent History and Library Centre, makes mention of a Georgiana Brown being a maid to Lady Frances Anne Fitzroy, Robert Fitzroy's mother.