The Captain and The Naturalist

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In 1831, the HMS Beagle set off from England under the command of Captain Finn Fitzroy on a voyage around South America that would change the world forever. Mr. Finn Fitzroy, a budding new Captain with a bright berth was awaiting for him to sail the treacherous waters of the hot South, to seek his destiny in discovery, in the great name of exploration and science. Traveling through the desolate beaches and thick jungles of an untamed ancient continent, Fitzroy makes unbelievable finds and glorious treasures during his journey that not only changes his mind towards God but the world around him. Alongside his adventurous officers, boys, and crew men is Charles Darwin, an upcoming naturalist wanting to make his fortune in London on philosophy and natural history, to shape the new found globe that all human ancestors descend from traumatic transmutated beasts. Exotic landscapes, wild natives, and the quenching honey drip of the call to adventure, embark on a riveting and sad tale of Finn Fitzroy, depicting his life from a brand new man in his Captaincy up until his death. This is the story of a deep friendship between two men, and the twin obsessions that tear them apart, leading one to triumph, and the other to disaster.

With over nine months of intense research, I tried to create an epic novel as historically accurate as possible. This is a true story. The characters you will walk alongside with, were real. The events that occurred happened as the story is foretold. Read the lovely tale of Captain Finn Fitzroy from mariner hero to absolute ruin.

Pages: 1,409

File Type: PDF Format

Genre: Historical\Emotional\Epic\ Age of Sail

Book Type: Novel

Author: Jack Buie

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Finn Fitzroy's Melody

This song is titled "Screeching Cello" for its beautiful, whine and drawn out notes on a masterful instrument, a sad, depressing song about what it means to find love, but also lose it. I felt this song fit Fitzroy amazingly and paired well with his emotions like a good glass of wine.

Finn Fitzroy Theme Song

In honor of The Captain and The Naturalist, I have put this song for you all to listen too! This song, titled "Declaration" by Johannes, it is a beautiful piano piece that I think personally embodies Finn Fitzroys character perfectly and serves as his theme song.

Interesting fact here: This photo you see is one of the very few ever taken of him.

Pictured In London, By Maull and Piccadilly Co. 1863

THE TROUBLED GENIUS

The troubled genius of Captain Finn Fitzroy, the birther of weather forecasting and science. This song brings an almost creepy, eerie, feeling, as if you are nearing the end of your natural life. For Fitzroy, this was an all too familiar friend. Titled "Bitter Sweet", this vampiric tune with its feathery piano and deep, cresting glass shattering echo in a red velvet night.

Nocturnal-The Man that Sailed the Sea and Charted Islands

Captain Finn Fitzroy, the man who charted 1,003 islands, collected 1,529 specimens, and sailed around the entire hot continent of South America in seven years. This song, "Paris of a Nocturne", helps me imagine what it would have been like for this man to sail the ocean, chart lands, climb the highest peak in the Andes, and rummage and scourge for specimen's in the earth. The soft piano, the twinge pluck of the violin, brings out another otherworldly feel to this type of tale to me.

HMS Beagle Crew List

Below is the crew roster of everyone on The HMS Beagle that served under Captain Fitzroy on the voyage around the world.

· Ash Gunroom - Steward

· Beareley Sergeant - Royal Marines

· Bennett, H - Quartermaster

· Billett - Gunroom Boy

· Blight, B - Maintop Man

· Blight, J - Maintop Man

· Bosworthick - Forecastle Man (ropemaker)

· Burgess - Royal Marine

· Bute - Royal Marine

· Button, Jemmy - Passenger

· Bynoe, Benjamin - Asst Surgeon (Surgeon April 1832)

· Chadwick - Maintop Man

· Chaffers, Edward - Main Master

· Childs - Maintop Man

· Clarke - Foretop Man

· Covington, Syms - Darwin's Servant

· Darwin, Charles - Naturalist

· Davis, E - Officer's Cook

· Davis, J - Forecastle Man

· Davis, R - Boy Steward

· Derbishire, Alexander - Mate (to April 1832)

· Door - Foretop Man

· Doyle - Royal Marine

· Dring, John Edward - Acting Purser (from June 1834)

· Duff - Passenger (from February 1836)

· Earle, Augustus - Artist and Painter on Beagle (1831-32)

· Evans - Foretop Man

· Fitz Roy, Finn - Captain (Commander)

· Forsyth, Charles - Midshipman (from June 1832)

· Fuegia Basket - Passenger

· Fuller, H - Captain's Steward

· Hamond, Robert - Mate (Aug 1832 to May 1833)

· Hare - Foretop Man

· Harper - Forecastle Man (Sailmaker)

· Heard - Forecastle Man

· Hellyar, Edward - Clerk

· Henderson - Quartermaster

· Hughes - Maintop Man

· Idlers - Carpenter's Crew

· James - Carpenter's Crew

· Johns - Maintop Man

· Johns, D - Maintop Man

· Johnson, Charles Richardson - Midshipman

(later Mate)

· Jones - Boy

· Jones - Royal Marine

· Kent, William - Asst Surgeon (from

September 1833)

King, Philip Gidley - Midshipman (left February 1836)

· Lester - Cooper

· McCormick, Robert - Naturalist and surgeon (1831~32)

· MacCurdy - Foretop Man

· Martens, Conrad - Artist (1833 to 1834)

· Martin - Royal Marine

· Matthews, Richard - Missionary (left December 1835)

· May, - Johnathan, Carpenter

· Mellersh, Arthur - Midshipman (Mate 1832)

. Nicky (ship boy, powder monkey)

Willy (Ships boy, powder monkey

Berry (ships boy, surveyor)

Corky (ships lad, gunner assistant)

· Middleton - Royal Marine

· Moore - Maintop Man

· Morgan - ?

· Musters, Charles - Volunteer 1st class (Died May 1832)

· Peterson, J - Quartermaster

· Phillips, G - Ship's Cook

· Phipps - Maintop Man

· Prior - Royal Marine (Midshipmen's Steward)

· Rensfry - Foretop Man

· Robinson - Foretop Man

· Rogers - Carpenter's Crew

· Rowe - Carpenter's Crew

· Rowlett, George - Purser

· Sloane - Maintop Man

· Smith, J - Boatswains Mate

· Sorrell, Thomas - Acting Boatswain

· Stebbing, George James - Carpenter's Crew (Instrument maker)

· Stewart, Peter Benson - Mate

· Stokes, John Lort - Mate & Assistant surveyor

· Sulivan, Bartholomew James - Lieutenant

· Tanner - Forecastle Man

· Usborne, Alexander Burns - Master's Assistant

· White - Quartermaster

· Wickham, John Clements - Lieutenant

· Williams - Maintop Man

· Williams - Royal Marine

· Williams, W - Boatswains Mate

· Wills - Forecastle Man (Armourer)

· Wright - Foretop Man

· York Minster - Passenger

The crew of the hired schooner Carmen (June 1835) are listed as:

William Thayer, Master; George Biddlecombe, second master; Alexander B.Usborne, assistant surveyor; James Bennet, gunner; James Nutcher, boatswain's mate; John MacIntosh & John Mitchell; able seamen.