The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file
In the 1839 Voyage Darwin printed dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples that rank their condition as degraded. Charles Darwin's documented role is: He wrote the remarks as later printed in 1839. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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In the 1839 Voyage Darwin printed dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples that rank their condition as degraded. Charles Darwin's documented role is: He wrote the remarks as later printed in 1839. FitzRoy's prior removal of Fuegians is FitzRoy's project. Darwin is witness-participant and author of the published comments, not captain.
Context
Robert FitzRoy is the named captain who had taken Fuegians to England. Sharing Jemmy Button and York Minster as named persons in the file is required. The setting of The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file is the public file around 1839-01-01. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Worsening path from The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file on 1839-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Charles Darwin
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.36 · verified
He wrote the remarks as later printed in 1839. FitzRoy's prior removal of Fuegians is FitzRoy's project. Darwin is witness-participant and author of the published comments, not captain.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 January 1839 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Charles Darwin, delay of publication neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Project Gutenberg — Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Project Gutenberg — Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/944 (opens in a new tab) (Project Gutenberg). Independent locator: Britannica — Charles Darwin, Beagle / Tierra del Fuego neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Project Gutenberg — Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/944 (opens in a new tab); Project Gutenberg). Independent carrier: Britannica — Charles Darwin, Beagle / Tierra del Fuego neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file under 1839-01-01 for Charles Darwin. Established: a sourced public record of The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file under 1839-01-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Sourced from the Voyage. Mixed effects of The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file. Naming Charles Darwin does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1839-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorCharles Darwin
- contributed toFactThe Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). The Voyage of the Beagle prints Darwin's dated remarks on Tierra del Fuego peoples as a public ethnographic file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-fuegian-comments
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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