Vintage CDV Vice - Admiral Robert FitzRoy Captain Of HMS Beagle W/ Darwin RARE
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Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuegoand the Southern Cone.FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions, which he called b...y a new name of his own invention: "forecasts".[1] In 1854 he established what would later be called the Met Office, and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety.[1] He was an able surveyor and hydrographer. As Governor of New Zealand, serving from 1843 to 1845, he tried to protect the Māori from illegal land sales claimed by British settlers.[2]
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuegoand the Southern Cone.FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions, which he called b...y a new name of his own invention: "forecasts".[1] In 1854 he established what would later be called the Met Office, and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety.[1] He was an able surveyor and hydrographer. As Governor of New Zealand, serving from 1843 to 1845, he tried to protect the Māori from illegal land sales claimed by British settlers.[2]
