James Harris
1797–1868
Sailor and trader. English trader at the Rio Negro, Patagonia, from whom Robert FitzRoy hired two boats for surveying parts of the coast too shallow for the Beagle.
Sources
Journal of researches p. 79
Narrative vol. 2
NDBA
Bibliography
Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
Narrative: Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
NDBA: Nuevo diccionario biografico Argentino (1750–1930). Edited by Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo. 7 vols. Buenos Aires: Editorial Elche. 1968–85.
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