Rising before day-break reached S. Carlos in the morning. We arrived on the right day, for in the evening heavy rain commenced. I have now well seen Chiloe, having both gone round it & crossed it in two directions.
The Beagle Diary was later used to write Darwin's famous book 'Voyage of the Beagle' (1839). The narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836. Darwin describes each day of the voyage, some in intimate detail, during the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe.