The Voyage of the Beagle · Character
Captain King
Commander of an earlier surveying expedition to Patagonia.
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First appearance: viii banda oriental and patagonia
Captain King shows up with force in I: St. Jago—Cape de Verd Islands. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Previous commander of the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (1826–1830), which the Beagle expedition was to complete.
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In I: St. Jago—Cape de Verd Islands: Previous commander of the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (1826–1830), which the Beagle expedition was to complete. Later, in X: Tierra del Fuego: His observations on the…
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