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H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle.’’ Charles Darwin, under Capt. 
Fitzroy of the “‘ Beagle,’ visited Argentina, Chile and Pata- 
gonia. In Chile the Magellan Straits, the Chonos Archipelago, 
Chiloe, Mocha, Concepcion, and Valparaiso were visited and the 
Cordilleras were crossed south of Santiago. In north Chile 
Coquimbo, Huasco, Copiapo and Iquique were visited. Darwin 
was the first to investigate the flora of the eastern part of Fuegia 
and his plants are at Kew. See ‘‘ Voyage of the ‘ Beagle ’,’’ 1844, 
and ‘* Geological Observations on South America,’’ 1846. 
Eduard Poeppig was professor of zoology at Leipzig. 
March, 1827, he landed at Valparaiso, and from then till 
October he explored the regions round Valparaiso, Santiago and 
Quillota. The mountains of Chacabuco and the valley of San- 
Felipe were explored and the Andes crossed to Mendoza, from 
whence he returned and embarked for Taleahuano (prov. Con- 
cepcion). e summer was spent in the Andes round Antuco 
and in March he returned to Talcahuano. Further explorations 
were conducted in Peru and Brazil. His plants are at Petrograd, 
Geneva, Kiel, Leipzig, Vienna, etc. See Poeppig and Endlicher, 
‘“* Nov, Gen. et Sp. Chil. Per.’’ 1827-1832. 
C. J. Bertero made a rich collection of plants in Chile. Over 
5000 specimens, perfectly preserved and accompanied by descrip- 
tions and notes, are at Paris. He was a native of Turin, and 
landed at Santiago in December, 1827. After travelling through 
the province of Aconcagua and a great part of North Chile, he 
passed the winter at Quillota and returned to Valparaiso in 
November, 1829. He visited Juan Fernandez, and afterwards 
Tahiti, and was lost at sea. See Colla, ‘‘ Pl. rar. in reg. Chil. a 
Bert. nuper detectae ’’ and Moris in Mem. Ac. reale delle sc. di 
Torino, vol. 37-39. 
‘Claude Gay reached Valparaiso in December, 1828, and com- 
menced research near Santiago. In 1830 he conducted systematic 
investigations in the neighbourhood of Rancagua, San Fernando, 
the Cordilleras of Cauquenes and Talcarehue climbing the volcano 
Tunguiritea. Then he traversed the coastline of the province of 
Colchagua and in the winter of 1831 he 1 
Coquimbo. He visited Juan Fernandez and returned to Chile 
in 1834 when he traversed the districts of Melipilla, Casa Blanca, 
and a part of the province of Aconcagua, and in October, 1834, 
he went to Valdivia, and later to Chiloe. After his return to 
Santiago he commenced research in September, 1836, in the 
province of Coquimbo, the Cordilleras of Santiago and the pro- 
vinces of Maule and Concepcion. His plants are chiefly at Paris 
and his great work, ‘‘ Historia fisica v politica de Chile ’’ is 
composed of 26 volumes (8 zoology, 8 botany, 6 history, 2 docu- 
ments, 2 agriculture), and an atlas. ; : 
A. Cruckshanks (about 1830) made excursions from Buenos 
Aires and Mendoza. J. Gillies resided (about 1830) several 
years at Mendoza and made excursions across the Cordilleras up 
to the Pacific and later across the Pampas to the Atlantic. H 
explored the ‘heights of Uspallata and the mountains of the 
provinces of San Luis and Cordoba (Cordova). His plants are 
at Kew and the British Museum. J. Baird collected, in 1829 
