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Richard Matthews

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Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…

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  • was hesitant to leave Matthews there alone, but according to Darwin, damning in his faint praise, ‘ …
  • of character), determined to stay with the Fuegians’ (Darwin 1845, p. 223). When all seemed well the
  • … ‘I think we arrived just in time to save his life’, Darwin recorded (Darwin 1845, p. 226). …
  • he travelled on the Beagle, but was not mentioned in Darwins correspondence. When the Beagle
  • until his death in 1893. References: Darwin, C. R. 1845. Journal of researches
  • Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 2d edition. London: John Murray. …