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The HMS Beagle laid ashore at Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz river, 50.1125°S and 68.3917°W, 1834-04-16. In 1838, #ConradMartens’ drawing has been engraved by #ThomasLandseer and published by #HenryColburn in "The Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle".
This image is an assemblage: I added two persons (drawn by #HenryHoliday and cut by #JosephSwain for #LewisCarroll’s "#TheHuntingOfTheSnark") to the image.
#OTD (#OnThisDay, 1835-11-16), #CharlesDarwin arrived in #Tahiti, a place where it is #breakfast time while it is #TeaTime back home:
«The #Snark's habit of getting up late you’ll agree
That it carries too far, when I say
That it frequently breakfasts at five-o’clock tea,
And dines on the following day.»
How far away from the UK did Charles Darwin's Snark live? Did #LewisCarroll give us a clue?
#TimeDifference #5OClockTea #FiveOClockTea #ItBeganWithTheTea
“ ‘You may seek it with thimbles—and seek it with care;
You may hunt it with #forks and hope;
You may threaten its life with a railway-share;
You may charm it with smiles and soap –’ ”
About the #TuningFork in the hand of the #Banker": https://snrk.de/snarks-have-five-unmistakable-marks/#tuningforks
Snark & Darwin: https://snrk.de/snark-hunting-with-charles-darwin/
#NavalExplorers:
Left: #HenryHoliday's illustration (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#265) to "Fit the fourth: The Hunting" in #LewisCarroll's "#TheHuntingOfTheSnark".
Right: #CharlesDarwin
